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Density of Fe-3.5wt% C liquid at high pressure and temperature and the effect of carbon on the density of the molten iron

  • Yuta Shimoyama
  • , Hidenori Terasaki
  • , Eiji Ohtani
  • , Satoru Urakawa
  • , Yusaku Takubo
  • , Keisuke Nishida
  • , Akio Suzuki
  • , Yoshinori Katayama

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Carbon is a plausible light element candidate in the Earth's outer core. We measured the density of liquid Fe-3.5wt% C up to 6.8GPa and 2200K using an X-ray absorption method. The compression curve of liquid Fe-C was fitted using the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state. The bulk modulus and its pressure derivative are K0,1500K=55.3±2.5GPa and (dK0/dP)T=5.2±1.5, and the thermal expansion coefficient is α=0.86±0.04×10-4K-1. The Fe-C density abruptly increases at pressures between 4.3 and 5.5GPa in the range of present temperatures. Compared with the results of previous density measurements of liquid Fe-C, the effect of carbon on the density of liquid Fe shows a nonideal mixing behavior. The abrupt density increase and nonideal mixing behavior are important factors in determining the light element content in the Earth's core.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)77-82
ページ数6
ジャーナルPhysics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
224
DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 11月 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 天文学と天体物理学
  • 地球物理学
  • 物理学および天文学(その他)
  • 宇宙惑星科学

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