CO2-helium and CO2-neon mixtures at high pressures
Résumé
The properties ofmixtures of carbon dioxide with helium or neon have been investigated as a function of CO2 concentration and pressure up to 30 GPa at room temperature. The binary phase diagrams of thesemixtures are determined over the full range of CO2 concentrations using visual observations and Raman scattering measurements. Both diagrams are of eutectic type, with a fluid-fluid miscibility gap for CO2 concentrations in the range [5, 75] mol. % for He and [8, 55] mol. % for Ne, and a complete separation between the two components in the solid phase. The absence of alloys or stoichiometric compounds for these two binary systems is consistent with the Hume-Rothery rules of hard sphere mixtures. The Raman spectra and x-ray diffraction patterns of solid CO2 embedded in He or Ne for various initial concentrations have been measured up to 30 GPa and 12 GPa, respectively. The frequencies of the Raman modes and the volume of solid phase I are identical, within error bars, to those reported for 100% CO2 samples, thus confirming the total immiscibility of CO2 with He and Ne in the solid phase. These results demonstrate the possibility to perform high-pressure experiments on solid CO2 under (quasi-)hydrostatic conditions using He or Ne as pressure transmitting medium.