Partitioning of Ni 2+ between basaltic and synthetic melts and olivines--an experimental study

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We present experimental measurements of olivine/liquid distribution coefficients for Ni (K Ni ) in basaltic and simple synthetic melts over a temperature range of 1400° to 1070°C. Our results suggest that 1. (1) K Ni and activity coefficients for NiO in basaltic melts are strongly dependent on temperature (e.g., K Ni =wt. %NiO ol /wt. %NiO liq ranges from 5.9 at 1400° to 29 at 1100°C); 2. (2) at constant temperature K Ni is dependent upon melt composition and structure, but this dependence is small over the composition range of common basaltic magmas; 3. (3) K Ni can be used as a geothermometer to predict olivine crystallization temperatures of basaltic magmas to within ±50°C; 4. (4) K Ni is significantly greater than one at all natural magmatic temperatures, thus the presence of olivine as a cumulus phase during fractional crystallization or as a residual phase during partial melting has a significant effect on the content of Ni in the coexisting melt phase; 5. (5)K Ni does not vary significantly as a function of Ni content of the melt up to at least one mole percent (i.e., Henry's law behavior is obtained for olivine and melt solutions of Ni).

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