Phase relations of iron and iron nickel alloys up to 300 GPa: Implications for composition and structure of the Earth's inner core

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Sep 2008

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 273, Issue 3-4, p. 379-385.

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We have investigated the phase relations of iron and iron nickel alloys with 18 to 50 wt.% Ni up to over 300 GPa using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell. The synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements show the wide stability of hcp-iron up to 301 GPa and 2000 K and 319 GPa and 300 K without phase transition to dhcp, orthorhombic, or bcc phases. On the other hand, the incorporation of nickel has a remarkable effect on expanding the stability field of fcc phase. The geometry of the temperature composition phase diagram of iron nickel alloys suggests that the hcp fcc liquid triple point is located at 10 to 20 wt.% Ni at the pressure of the inner core boundary. The fcc phase could crystallize depending on the nickel and silicon contents in the Earth's core, both of which are fcc stabilizer.

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