Publication Date:
1999-02-26
Description:
Density measurements on several hydrous (〈/=19 mole percent of H2O) silicate melts demonstrate that dissolved water has a partial molar volume (V&cjs1171;H2O) that is independent of the silicate melt composition, the total water concentration, and the speciation of water. The derived value for V&cjs1171;H2O is 22.9 +/- 0.6 cubic centimeters per mole at 1000 degrees C and 1 bar of pressure, whereas the partial molar thermal expansivity ( partial differentialV&cjs1171;H2O/ partial differentialT) and compressibility ( partial differentialV&cjs1171;H2O/ partial differentialP) are 9.5 +/- 0.8 x 10(-3) cubic centimeters per mole per kelvin and -3.2 +/- 0.6 x 10(-4) cubic centimeters per mole per bar, respectively. The effect of 1 weight percent dissolved H2O on the density of a basaltic melt is equivalent to increasing the temperature of the melt by approximately 400 degrees C or decreasing the pressure of the melt by approximately 500 megapascals. These measurements are used to illustrate the viability of plagioclase sinking in iron-rich basaltic liquids and the dominance of compositional convection in hydrous magma chambers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ochs 3rd -- Lange -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Feb 26;283(5406):1314-1317.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10037599" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
