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Keywords

  • Fe3S
  • thermal equation of state
  • Earth's core index

Index Terms

  • Mineral Physics: Equations of state
  • Geochemistry: Composition of the core
  • Mineral Physics: High-pressure behavior
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Abstract

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 111, B06209, 7 PP., 2006
doi:10.1029/2005JB004091

Thermal equation of state of Fe3S and implications for sulfur in Earth's core

Christopher T. Seagle

Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Andrew J. Campbell

Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Dion L. Heinz

Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Guoyin Shen

Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Vitali B. Prakapenka

Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Iron (Fe) and coexisting Fe3S were studied simultaneously using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and a laser-heated diamond anvil cell (DAC). The thermal equation of state (EOS) of Fe3S was investigated up to pressures of 80 GPa and temperatures of 2500 K. Fitting a third-order Birch-Murnaghan EOS to the room temperature data yielded bulk modulus K0 = 156(7) GPa (values in parentheses are standard deviation) and pressure derivative K′0 = 3.8(3) calibrated against NaCl in the B2 structure. The room temperature data were also calibrated against the EOS of hcp-Fe for comparison and aid in the determination of the thermal pressure contribution of Fe3S. This fit yielded bulk modulus K0 = 113(9) GPa and pressure derivative K′0 = 5.2(6). The thermal pressure contribution of Fe3S was assumed to be of the form ΔPthermal = αKTΔT, where αKT is constant. The best fit to the data yielded αKT = 0.011(2) GPa K−1. Iron and Fe3S coexisted in the high-pressure, high-temperature experiments, and a density relationship between Fe and Fe3S was found to be linear and independent of temperature. Extrapolation of the data to the core-mantle boundary (CMB), using an assumed temperature of 3500 K at the CMB, a 2% volume change associated with melting, and applying a small adjustment to account for the nickel content of the core indicates that 14.7(11) wt % sulfur is adequate to resolve the density deficit of the outer core.

Received 7 October 2005; accepted 4 April 2006; published 29 June 2006.

Citation: Seagle, C. T., A. J. Campbell, D. L. Heinz, G. Shen, and V. B. Prakapenka (2006), Thermal equation of state of Fe3S and implications for sulfur in Earth's core, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06209, doi:10.1029/2005JB004091.

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