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High pressure-temperature electrical conductivity of magnesiowustite as a function of iron oxide concentrationThe electrical conductivity of (Mg, Fe)O magnesiowustite containing 9 and 27.5 mol pct FeO has been measured at simultaneously high pressures (30-32 GPa) and temperatures using a diamond anvil cell heated with a continuous wave Nd:YAG laser and an external resistance heater. The conductivity depends strongly on the FeO concentration at both ambient and high pressures. At the pressures and temperatures of about 30 GPa and 2000 K, conditions expected in the lower mantle, the magnesiowustite containing 27.5 percent FeO is 3 orders of magnitude more conductive than that containing 9 percent FeO. The activation energy of magnesiowustite decreases with increasing iron concentration from 0.38 (+ or - 0.09) eV at 9 percent FeO to 0.29 (+ or - 0.05) eV at 27.5 percent FeO.
Document ID
19910033983
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Li, Xiaoyuan
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Jeanloz, Raymond
(California, University Berkeley, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 10, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A18606
Distribution Limits
Public
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