Experimental investigation of the partitioning of phosphorus between metal and silicate phases - Implications for the earth, moon and eucrite parent body

Details Experimental investigation of the partitioning of phosphorus between metal and silicate phases - Implications for the earth, moon and eucrite parent body Experimental investigation of the partitioning of phosphorus between metal and silicate phases - Implications for the earth, moon and eucrite parent body

Jan 1983

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 47, Jan. 1983, p. 93-100.

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Abundance, Earth-Moon System, Geochemistry, Phosphorus, Silicates, Fractionation, Liquid Metals, Lunar Evolution, Planets, Experiments, Partitioning, Phosphorus, Metals, Silicates, Data, Phases, Earth, Moon, Eucrites, Parent Bodies, Meteorites, Fugacity, Oxygen, Melts, Element Ratios, C1 Chondrites, Lanthanum, Geochemistry, Partial Melting, Comparisons, Separates, Formation, Tungsten, Diagrams, Concentration, Iron Oxide, Observations, Origin, Hypotheses, Procedure

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An experimental study is reported of the partitioning of Phosphorus between solid metal and basaltic silicate liquid as a function of temperature and oxygen fugacity and of the implications for the earth, moon and eucrite parent body (EPB). The relationship established between the partition coefficient and the fugacity is given at 1190 C by log D(P) = -1.12 log fO2 - 15.95 and by log D(P) = -1.53 log fO2 17.73 at 1300 C. The partition coefficient D(P) was determined, and it is found to be consistent with a valence state of 5 for P in the molten silicate. Using the determined coefficient the low P/La ratios of the earth, moon, and eucrites relative to C1 chondrites can be explained. The lowering of the P/La ratio in the eucrites relative to Cl chondrite by a factor of 40 can be explained by partitioning P into 20-25 wt% sulfur-bearing metallic liquid corresponding to 5-25% of the total metal plus silicate system. The low P/La and W/La ratios in the moon may be explained by the partitioning of P and W into metal during formation of a small core by separation of liquid metal from silicate at low degrees of partial melting of the silicates. These observations are consistent with independent formation of the moon and the earth.

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