Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufm.v31b0617j&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #V31B-0617
Physics
1000 Geochemistry, 1015 Composition Of The Core, 1028 Composition Of Meteorites (3662, 6240), 3630 Experimental Mineralogy And Petrology, 5120 Plasticity, Diffusion, And Creep
Scientific paper
Understanding siderophile element diffusion in Fe-Ni alloys will lead to tighter constraints on processes such as meteoritic body cooling rates, and inner core-outer core communication. Recent studies have determined the effect of temperature and pressure on diffusion in this system, but the effect of composition has not yet been explored adequately. The effect of Ni content on Au diffusion in an Fe-Ni system was explored for Fe-Ni alloys with concentrations of 0, 20, and 30 wt. % Ni. Diffusion couple experiments were conducted using a piston cylinder press at 1 GPa and temperatures ranging from 1150°C to 1400°C. Concentration profiles were measured by electron microprobe and were fitted to the linear diffusion solution for an semi-infinite diffusion couple to extract diffusion coefficients (D) using a non-linear least squares fit routine. As predicted, D increases with Ni content and also with temperature. The diffusivities ranged from 2.06×10-9 at 1150°C to 5.76×10-8 at 1350°C for 0 wt. % Ni; 5.17×10-9 at 1150° C to 1.93×10-7 at 1400°C for 20 wt. % Ni; and 2.41×10-8 at 1150°C to 2.13×10-7 at 1400°C for 30 wt. % Ni. As temperature increases, the effect of Ni on diffusion rates increases, implying a possible change in diffusion mechanism between 1250°C and 1300°C. Ni appears to have a negligible effect at lower temperatures, which would indicate that Ni may not need to be considered when modeling siderophile trace element diffusion rates in iron meteorites.
Fei Yingwei
Johanesen K. E.
Watson Heather C.
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