Compressibility change in iron-rich melt and implications for core formation models

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Jun 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011e%26psl.306..118s&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 306, Issue 1-2, p. 118-122.

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Metallic iron, in both solid and liquid states, is the dominant component of Earth's core. Density measurements of molten iron containing an appropriate amount of light elements (5.7 wt.% carbon) identified a liquid-liquid transition by a significant compressibility increase in the vicinity of the δ-γ-liquid triple point at 5.2 GPa. This transition pressure coincides with a marked change in the pressure evolution of the distributions of nickel, cobalt and tungsten between liquid metal and silicate melt that form a cornerstone of geochemical models of core formation. The identification of a clear link between molten metal polymorphism and metal-silicate element partitioning implies that reliable geochemical core formation models will need to incorporate the effects of these additional liquid metal transitions.

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