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Evidence for Fe-Si-O liquid immiscibility at deep Earth pressures.

ABSTRACT: Seismic observations suggest that the uppermost region of Earth's liquid outer core is buoyant, with slower velocities than the bulk outer core. One possible mechanism for the formation of a stably stratified layer is immiscibility in molten iron alloy systems, which has yet to be demonstrated at core pressures. We find immiscibility between liquid Fe-Si and Fe-Si-O persisting to at least 140 GPa through a combination of laser-heated diamond-anvil cell experiments and first-principles molecular dynamics simulations. High-pressure immiscibility in the Fe-Si-O system may explain a stratified layer atop the outer core, complicate differentiation and evolution of the deep Earth, and affect the structure and intensity of Earth's magnetic field. Our results support silicon and oxygen as coexisting light elements in the core and suggest that [Formula: see text] does not crystallize out of molten Fe-Si-O at the core-mantle boundary.

SUBMITTER: Arveson SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534994 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evidence for Fe-Si-O liquid immiscibility at deep Earth pressures.

Arveson Sarah M SM Deng Jie J Karki Bijaya B BB Lee Kanani K M KKM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190508 21

Seismic observations suggest that the uppermost region of Earth's liquid outer core is buoyant, with slower velocities than the bulk outer core. One possible mechanism for the formation of a stably stratified layer is immiscibility in molten iron alloy systems, which has yet to be demonstrated at core pressures. We find immiscibility between liquid Fe-Si and Fe-Si-O persisting to at least 140 GPa through a combination of laser-heated diamond-anvil cell experiments and first-principles molecular ...[more]

PMID: 31068466

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