A preliminary study on mechanism of metal-silicate separation of the terrestrial planets

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Metals, Planetary Composition, Planetary Evolution, Silicates, Terrestrial Planets, Thermal Diffusion, Data Correlation, Iron Meteorites, Meteoritic Composition, Planetary Cores, Planetary Mantles, Planetary Structure

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A study of the formation of terrestrial planets is presented which assumes that the metal-silicate separation between the initial cores and mantles of those planets occurred during their thermal evolution as thermal diffusion of Fe-Ni metals in the solid state, partial melting of metals and metal sulfides, and full melting and differentiation of metals, metal sulfides, and silicates. As a result of such metal-silicate redistribution, a small amount of silicate within the initial cores would move to the silicate mantles, and the metal-sulfide components within the initial rock mantles would gradually sink to the cores, thus forming the final core-mantle structure patterns of terrestrial planets.

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