| Autor: |
Shito, Chikara, Kagi, Hiroyuki, Kakizawa, Sho, Aoki, Katsutoshi, Komatsu, Kazuki, Iizuka-Oku, Riko, Abe, Jun, Saitoh, Hirioyuki, Sano-Furukawa, Asami, Hattori, Takanori |
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American Mineralogist (De Gruyter); April 2023, Vol. 108 Issue: 4 p659-666, 8p |
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The density of the Earth’s core is several percent lower than that of iron-nickel alloy under conditions of pressure and temperature equivalent to the Earth’s core. Hydrogen is one of the most promising constituents accounting for the density deficit, but hydrogen occupation sites and density decrease of iron-nickel alloy caused by hydrogenation have never been investigated. In this study, the phase relation and crystal structure of Fe0.9Ni0.1Hx(Dx) at high pressures and temperatures up to 12 GPa and 1000 K were clarified by in situ X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction measurements. Under the P-Tconditions of the present study, no deuterium atoms occupied tetragonal (T) sites of face-centered cubic (fcc) Fe0.9Ni0.1Dx, although the T-site occupation was previously reported for fcc FeHx(Dx). The deuterium-induced volume expansion per deuterium vDwas determined to be 2.45(4) and 3.31(6) Å3for fcc and hcp Fe0.9Ni0.1Dx, respectively. These vDvalues are significantly larger than the corresponding values for FeDx. The vDvalue for fcc Fe0.9Ni0.1Dxslightly increases with increasing temperature. This study suggests that only 10% of nickel in iron drastically changes the behaviors of hydrogen in metal. Assuming that vDis constant regardless of pressure, the maximum hydrogen content in the Earth’s inner core is estimated to be one to two times the amount of hydrogen in the oceans. |
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