Publication Date:
2018-01-09
Description:
Face centered cubic ( fcc ) FeH X was synthesized at pressures of 18 to 68 GPa and temperatures exceeding 1500 K. Thermally quenched samples were evaluated using synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (NRIXS) to determine sample composition and sound velocities to 82 GPa. To aid in the interpretation of non-ideal (X≠1) stoichiometries, two equations of state for fcc FeH X were developed, combining an empirical equation of state for iron with two distinct synthetic compression curves for interstitial hydrogen. Matching the density deficit of the Earth's core using these equations of state requires 0.8-1.1 wt.% hydrogen at the core-mantle boundary and 0.2-0.3 wt.% hydrogen at the interface of the inner and outer cores. Furthermore, a comparison of Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) [Dziewonski and Anderson; 1981] to a Birch's law extrapolation of our experimental results suggests that an iron alloy containing ∼0.8 to 1.3 wt.% hydrogen could reproduce both the density and compressional velocity ( V P ) of the Earth's outer core.
Electronic ISSN:
1525-2027
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
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