TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase and melting relationships in the Fe-S system under high pressures
T2 - Application to the temperature profile in the core
AU - Kamada, Seiji
AU - Terasaki, Hidenori
AU - Ohtani, Eiji
AU - Sakai, Takeshi
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The Earth's core has been considered to contain light elements, and sulfur, in particular, is one of the most plausible light elements. Knowledge of the melting relationships of the iron-sulfide system is thus essential in understanding of the physical and chemical properties of the core. In situ X-ray diffraction experiments in the Fe-Fe3S system were performed up to 220 GPa and 3300 K using a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. Hcp Fe and Fe3S coexisted stably up to 220 GPa and 3300 K. Both phases are therefore candidates of the constitution of the inner core. The solid iron (hcp Fe) contained 7.5 at% of sulfur at 126 GPa and 2370 K. This suggests that the inner core might be able to contain significant amount of sulfur. Our results revealed that the eutectic composition becomes nonsensitive to pressure. This is likely that the eutectic composition becomes to be constant around 20 at% of sulfur at pressures above 40 GPa.
AB - The Earth's core has been considered to contain light elements, and sulfur, in particular, is one of the most plausible light elements. Knowledge of the melting relationships of the iron-sulfide system is thus essential in understanding of the physical and chemical properties of the core. In situ X-ray diffraction experiments in the Fe-Fe3S system were performed up to 220 GPa and 3300 K using a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. Hcp Fe and Fe3S coexisted stably up to 220 GPa and 3300 K. Both phases are therefore candidates of the constitution of the inner core. The solid iron (hcp Fe) contained 7.5 at% of sulfur at 126 GPa and 2370 K. This suggests that the inner core might be able to contain significant amount of sulfur. Our results revealed that the eutectic composition becomes nonsensitive to pressure. This is likely that the eutectic composition becomes to be constant around 20 at% of sulfur at pressures above 40 GPa.
KW - Fe-FeS system
KW - High pressure and temperature
KW - In situ X-ray diffraction
KW - Inner core
KW - Laser-heated DAC
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U2 - 10.4131/jshpreview.21.77
DO - 10.4131/jshpreview.21.77
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:79961202056
VL - 21
SP - 77
EP - 83
JO - Review of High Pressure Science and Technology/Koatsuryoku No Kagaku To Gijutsu
JF - Review of High Pressure Science and Technology/Koatsuryoku No Kagaku To Gijutsu
SN - 0917-639X
IS - 2
ER -