Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufm.v22a1016w&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #V22A-1016
Physics
1060 Planetary Geochemistry (5405, 5410, 5704, 5709, 6005, 6008), 1065 Trace Elements (3670), 3662 Meteorites, 5100 Physical Properties Of Rocks, 5120 Plasticity, Diffusion, And Creep
Scientific paper
Preliminary results for diffusion of siderophile elements (Cu, Os, Pd, Re, Os, and Mo) in an iron meteorite analog were obtained at 1400° C and 1GPa from diffusion couple experiments in a piston-cylinder apparatus. Alloys were prepared by synthesizing mixtures of pure metal powders. The alloys were made from a 90 wt% Fe and 10 wt% Ni base mixture, and approximately 1wt% of the various siderophile elements was added (individually) to the same base mixture to make the doped alloys. The powders were packed in pre-drilled holes (~1 mm dia. by 8 mm deep) in MgO cylinders, and run in a piston cylinder apparatus at 1400° C and 1GPa for 48 hours. The resulting homogeneous alloys were then sectioned into wafers approximately 1mm thick, and the faces were polished to prepare for the diffusion experiments. A diffusion couple experiment was conducted by mating a pure alloy wafer and a doped wafer, and placing the couple into an MgO capsule for pressurization and heating in the piston cylinder. The duration of the diffusion experiments ranged from 33 hours to 72 hours. Upon run completion, the diffusion couples were extracted, sectioned lengthwise, and polished for analysis. Diffusion profiles were measured using an electron microprobe. From these experiments it was found that at 1400° C and 1GPa the diffusion coefficient of Os is 1.6E-14 m2/s, the diffusion coefficient of Re is 2.8E-14 m2/s, for Pd it is 9.2E-14 m2/s, for Cu it is 1.2E-13 m2/s, and for Mo it is 2.3E-13 m2/s. These preliminary results raise the possibility that significant diffusive fraction of siderophile elements may occur in metal-silicate systems that fail to equilibrate fully, or under disequilibrium crystallization in pure metal systems.
Bruce Watson E.
Watson Heather C.
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