Is Silicon a Light Component in the Earth's Core? - Constraints from Liquid Metal-Liquid Silicate Partitioning of Some Lithophile Elements

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Metal-silicate partitioning of the lithophile elements Ta, Ga, In and Zn
at 6-20 GPa and 2100°-2400°C show that they become more
siderophile than Si at low oxygen fugacities. Si is therefore unlikely
to be a major light element in the Earth's core.

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