Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmdi53b..08f&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #DI53B-08
Computer Science
Sound
3612 Reactions And Phase Equilibria (1012, 8412), 3924 High-Pressure Behavior, 3954 X-Ray, Neutron, And Electron Spectroscopy And Diffraction, 8124 Earth'S Interior: Composition And State (1212, 7207, 7208, 8105), 8147 Planetary Interiors (5430, 5724, 6024)
Scientific paper
The Earth core consists of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core, which are believed to be made predominantly of iron (Fe). Among all crystallographic structures proposed, a consensus has more or less emerged with the hexagonal closed packed structure -hcp- for iron. The question of the structure of this alloy at core conditions, in particular in vicinity of the melting line is however still largely debated. Among others, a possible thermal and chemical stabilization of body-centered cubic iron in the Earth's core has indeed been proposed with the theoretical calculations of Vocadlo et al. [Nature, 424, 536, 2003]. Recent X-ray experiments have shown the existence of such a bcc structure above 220 GPa at high-temperature for iron- nickel alloys [Dubrovinsky et al., Science, 316, 1880, 2007]. It is also known from density systematics that the Earth's core is made of iron alloyed with light elements [see Poirier, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 85, 319, 1994]. We recently proposed a compositional model for the Earth's inner core from a systematic study of the effect of light elements on sound velocities at high pressure. Our preferred core model is an inner core which contains 2.3 wt % silicon and traces of oxygen [see Badro et al., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 254, 233, 2007 for more details]. Recent studies, however, suggest that small amount of silicon or nickel can substantially affect the phase relations and thermodynamic properties of iron alloys. We present results from an X-ray diffraction carried out at ESRF at high-pressure and high-temperature, using a state-of-the-art double sided laser heating system. We address the question of the structure of this alloy at core conditions. Two different alloys have been synthesized for this experiment, with Fe : 92.4, Si : 3.7, Ni 3.9 and Fe: 88.4, Si: 7.3, Ni: 4.3 in wt %, so as to satisfy the core preferred compositional model described in Badro et al. [2007]. The samples were loaded in a diamond anvil cell with neon as pressure transmitting medium transmitting medium, and subsequently analyzed by diffraction collected on a CCD detector during laser-heating at pressure. Experiments were carried out between 20 and 200 GPa, and 1500-5000 K. Our results show an increase of the pressure transition from bcc to hcp with increasing silicon content, with much more precise pressure transitions than previously published. X-ray diffraction pattern contain fcc or hcp at high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. If an expansion of the fcc stability field is observed with increasing silicon and/or nickel content, our observations show a wide stability of hcp-iron alloys up to 200 GPa and high-temperature. These results are discussed in the light of recent experimental and theoretical investigations.
Antonangeli Daniele
Auzende A.
Badro James
Boulard E.
Fiquet Guillaume
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