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Ultrasound Velocity Measurement in a Liquid Metal Electrode
Published on: August 5, 2015
鉄の音速は110ギガパスカルまで
1Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, UMR CNRS 7590, Université Paris VI, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 06, France. fiquet@lmcp.jussieu.fr
まとめ
高圧実験では,六角形の密封された鉄が示されています.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 凝縮物質物理学 凝縮物質物理学
背景:
- 地球の内核の組成を理解することは,地球物理学にとって極めて重要です.
- 鉄は地球の核の主要な成分ですが,その高圧相は完全に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 高圧下における六角密封鉄 (hcp) の音響フォノン分散を測定する.
- hcp鉄が地球の内核の地震観測と一致するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 非弾性X線散射 (IXS) は,フォノン分散を測定するために使用されました.
- ポリ結晶鉄のサンプルを,ダイヤモンド・アンビル・セル (DAC) を使用して,最大110GPaまで圧縮した.
- 縦波速度 (VP) は,フォノン分散曲線から計算した.
主要な成果:
- hcp鉄のフォノン分散曲線は,19から110GPaの間で測定されました.
- 波の沿線速度 (VP) は,圧力によって7000m/sから8800m/sに増加した.
- Hcp鉄のVPはビーチの法則に従っており,内核の圧力への偏積を可能にします.
結論:
- 推計された速度は,地球の内核の密度が純粋な鉄より4〜5%低いことを示唆している.
- この密度赤字は,内核に軽合金元素が存在することを示している可能性があります.
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