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Fujisawa et al. 1994
Fujisawa, H., Ito, E., Ohtaka, O. and Yamanaka, T. (1994). Elastic wave velocities of high density pressure-induced amorphous GeO2. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL01013. issn: 0094-8276.

Two samples of amorphous GeO2 were prepared at room temperature by compression of &agr;-quartz type crystals at 13 and 20 GPa. The former sample has a density of 4.42(6) Mg/m3 and the latter 5.34(2) Mg/m3. The elastic wave velocities, &ngr;p and &ngr;s of each sample were measured under pressures up to 4 GPa at room temperature. The results are: (1) Both &ngr;p and &ngr;s are faster in the sample with higher density. (2) Even the velocities of the sample with lower density are faster than those of both &agr;-quartz type crystal and a conventional amorphous phase whose density is less than 4 Mg/m3. Since the pressure derivative of &ngr;p is larger than that of &ngr;s, the difference between &ngr;p and &ngr;s becomes greater with increasing pressure.

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Keywords
Mineral Physics, Elasticity and anelasticity, Mineral Physics, High-pressure behavior, Mineral Physics, X ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction
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Geophysical Research Letters
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