Alloying effects of Ni, Si, and S on the phase diagram and sound velocities of Fe under high pressures and high temperatures

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May 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agusm.p42a..03l&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2004, abstract #P42A-03

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1025 Composition Of The Mantle, 5400 Planetology: Solid Surface Planets, 7207 Core And Mantle, 8121 Dynamics, Convection Currents And Mantle Plumes, 8124 Earth'S Interior: Composition And State (Old 8105)

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Iron-nickel is the most abundant constituent of the Earth's core. The amount of Ni in the core is about 5.5 wt%. Geophysical and cosmochemical studies suggest that the Earth's outer core also contains approximately 10% of light element(s) and a certain amount of light element(s) may be present in the inner core. Si and S are believed to be alloying light elements in the iron-rich planetary cores such as the Earth and Mars. Therefore, understanding the alloying effects of Ni, Si, and S on the phase diagram and physical properties of Fe under core conditions is crucial for geophysical and geochemical models of planetary interiors.
The addition of Ni and Si does not appreciably change the compressibility of hcp-Fe under high pressures. Studies of the phase relations of Fe and Fe-Ni alloys indicate that Fe with up to 10 wt% Ni is likely to be in the hcp structure under inner core conditions. On the other hand, adding Si into Fe strongly stabilizes the bcc structure to much higher pressures and temperatures (Lin et al., 2002). We have also studied the sound velocities and magnetic properties of Fe0.92Ni0.08, Fe0.85Si0.15, and Fe3S alloys with nuclear resonant inelastic x-ray scattering and nuclear forward scattering up to 106 GPa, 70 GPa, and 57 GPa, respectively. The sound velocities of the alloys are obtained from the measured partial phonon density of states for 57Fe incorporated in the alloys. Addition of Ni slightly decreases the VP and VS of Fe under high pressures (Lin et al., 2003). Si or S alloyed with Fe increases the VP and VS under high pressures, which provides a better match to seismological data of the Earth's core. We note that the increase in the VP and VS of Fe0.85Si0.15 and Fe3S is mainly contributed from the density decrease of adding Si and S in iron. Time spectra of the nuclear forward scattering reveal that the most iron rich sulfide, Fe3S, undergoes a magnetic to non-magnetic transition at approximately 18 GPa from a low-pressure magnetically ordered state to a high-pressure non-magnetic ordered state. The magnetic transition significantly affects the elastic, thermodynamic, and vibrational properties of Fe3S. It is conceivable that the magnetic collapse of Fe3S may also affect the binary phase diagram of the iron-sulfur system, changing the solubility of sulfur in iron under higher pressures. Study of the non-magnetic phase is more relevant to understand the properties of the Fe3S under planetary core conditions where high pressures and high temperature ensure the non-magnetic ordering state, affecting the interpretation of the amount and properties of sulfur being in the planetary cores. If the Martian core is in the solid state containing 14.2 wt% sulfur, it is likely that the non-magnetic Fe3S phase is a dominant component and that our measured sound velocities of Fe3S can be used to understand the velocity profile in the Martian core.

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