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In situ measurement of viscosity of liquids in the Fe-FeS system at high pressures and temperatures

  • David P. Dobson EMAIL logo , Wilson A. Crichton , Lidunka Vočadlo , Adrian P. Jones , Yanbin Wang , Takeyuki Uchida , Mark Rivers , Stephen Sutton and John P. Brodholt
Published/Copyright: March 25, 2015
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American Mineralogist
From the journal American Mineralogist Volume 85 Issue 11-12

Abstract

The viscosity of liquid FeS and Fe-FeS eutectic was measured at pressures between 0.5 and 5.0 GPa using a synchrotron-based falling sphere technique. We obtain viscosities of 2 × 10-2 to 4 × 10-3 Pa-s in FeS at 1450 to 1700 °C and 2 × 10-2 to 8 × 10-3 Pa-s in Fe-Seut at 1150 to 1380 °C. These results are consistent with recent viscosity measurements in Fe-Seut at 5 to 7 GPa (Urakawa, in preparation), measured diffusivities (Dobson 2000) and ab initio simulated viscosity (Vočadlo et al. 2000). The results are also similar to the values for pure iron at low pressure (Shimoji and Itami 1986). A systematic increase in viscosity and activation energy is seen with increasing sulfur content. Interpolation between the data presented yields a viscosity of 1.4 × 10-2 Pa-s for an outer core composition with ~10 wt% S at the melting temperature. There is good evidence of homologous behavior for Fe-S liquids which implies that the liquid alloy at the inner core boundary may have a similar viscosity

Received: 2000-7-20
Published Online: 2015-3-25
Published in Print: 2000-11-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2000-11-1231

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  1. Patterns of mineral occurrence in metamorphic rocks
  2. A double magmatic heat pump at the core-mantle boundary
  3. High-temperature contact metamorphism of calc-silicate xenoliths in the Kiglapait Intrusion, Labrador
  4. Multiple pyroxene and amphibole assemblages in the amphibolite facies: Bulk compositional controls
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  6. Continuous metamorphic gradient documented by graphitization and K-Ar age, southeast Otago, New Zealand
  7. Kyanite eclogite thermobarometry and evidence for thrusting of UHP over HP metamorphic rocks, Nordøyane, Western Gneiss Region, Norway
  8. Monazite geochronology of UHP and HP metamorphism, deformation, and exhumation, Nordøyane, Western Gneiss Region, Norway
  9. Solubilities of noble metals in Fe-containing silicate melts as derived from experiments in Fe-free systems
  10. Water speciation in silicate glasses and melts: Langmuir limited site model
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  12. The heat capacity of MgCr2O4, FeCr2O4, and Cr2O3 at low temperatures and derived thermodynamic properties
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  31. In situ measurement of viscosity of liquids in the Fe-FeS system at high pressures and temperatures
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