High-temperature compression of ferropericlase and the effect of temperature on iron spin transition

Tetsuya Komabayashi, Kei Hirose, Y. Nagaya, Emiko Sugimura-Komabayashi, Yasuo Ohishi

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High-temperature compression experiments with in situ X-ray diffraction of ferropericlase (Fp) with a composition of (Mg Fe )O were made in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to pressures (P) of 116GPa at a constant temperature (T) of 1600-1900K. Room-temperature experiments with a laser annealing technique were also carried out on the same material. Anomalous unit-cell volume reductions that can be explained by the spin transition of ferrous iron were observed at P=63-96GPa and 45-63GPa at T=1600-1900K and 300K, respectively, indicating that the spin transition pressure interval expands with increasing temperature. The observed density changes across this spin transition at T=1600-1900K and 300K are about 1.6% and 1.0%, respectively, indicating that the spin transition pressure interval expands with increasing temperature. The thermal expansivity of Fp is large in the mid-lower mantle due to the effect of the spin transition. In a peridotitic composition, the spin transition in Fp increases the rock density by 0.35% at the lowermost mantle conditions. Calculated densities show that both perovskitic and peridotitic mantle models may explain the PREM lower mantle density. However, the peridotitic lower mantle model requires less assumption to satisfy the PREM density and is more self-consistent.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)691-699
Number of pages9
JournalEarth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume297
Issue number3-4
Early online date4 Aug 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2010

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