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Dynamic and static compressibility of glasses and the increase of density with depth in the earth’s interior

  • Ière Partie Communications Présentées À La XIIIème Assemblée Générale Berkeley, Aoùt 1963
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It is shown, using an organic and an inorganic glass, that, in a relaxing material, the compressibility consists of two parts, an instantaneous (dynamic) part and a delayed part. The instantaneous part amounts to about 2/3 of the total (static) compressibility. From consideration of relaxation times it is seen that, in the mantle of the earth, the density has to be calculated using the static compressibility, while seismic velocity curves give the dynamic value. Density curves are calculated on the basis of an essentially homogeneous earth interior derived from hot solar material.

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  1. Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    P. Moser, W. Kuhn & H. J. Kuhn

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In memoriam Prof. Dr. W. Kuhn who died suddenly during the preparation of this manuscript.

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Moser, P., Kuhn, W. & Kuhn, H.J. Dynamic and static compressibility of glasses and the increase of density with depth in the earth’s interior. Bull Volcanol 27, 129–142 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02597517

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