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Dissociation of methane under high pressure

机译:高压下甲烷的离解

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Methane is an extremely important energy source with a great abundance in nature and plays a significant role in planetary physics, being one of the major constituents of giant planets Uranus and Neptune. The stable crystal forms of methane under extreme conditions are of great fundamental interest. Using the ab initio evolutionary algorithm for crystal structure prediction, we found three novel insulating molecular structures with P _(21)_(21)_(21), Pnma, and Cmcm space groups. Remarkably, under high pressure, methane becomes unstable and dissociates into ethane (C_2 H _6) at 95 GPa, butane (C_4 H10) at 158 GPa, and further, carbon (diamond) and hydrogen above 287 GPa at zero temperature. We have computed the pressure-temperature phase diagram, which sheds light into the seemingly conflicting observations of the unusually low formation pressure of diamond at high temperature and the failure of experimental observation of dissociation at room temperature. Our results support the idea of diamond formation in the interiors of giant planets such as Neptune.
机译:甲烷是自然界中极为丰富的极其重要的能源,并且在行星物理学中起着重要作用,是巨型天王星和海王星的主要成分之一。甲烷在极端条件下的稳定晶型具有重大的基础意义。使用从头算进化算法进行晶体结构预测,我们发现了三种新颖的具有P _(21)_(21)_(21),Pnma和Cmcm空间群的绝缘分子结构。值得注意的是,在高压下,甲烷变得不稳定,并在95 GPa下分解为乙烷(C_2 H _6),在158 GPa下分解为丁烷(C_4 H10),并且在零温度下分解为287 GPa以上的碳(金刚石)和氢。我们已经计算出了压力-温度相图,这为看似矛盾的高温钻石异常低的地层压力和室温下解离的实验观察提供了线索。我们的结果支持在海王星等巨型行星内部形成钻石的想法。

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