The 660-km seismic discontinuity, which is a significant structure in the Earth’s mantle, is generally interpreted as the post-spinel transition, as indicated by the decomposition of ringwoodite to bridgmanite + ferropericlase. All precise high-pressure and high-temperature experiments nevertheless report 0.5–2 GPa lower transition pressures than those expected at the discontinuity depth (i.e. 23.4 GPa). These results are inconsistent with the post-spinel transition hypothesis and, therefore, do not support widely accepted models of mantle composition such as the pyrolite and CI chondrite models. Here, we present new experimental data showing post-spinel transition pressures in complete agreement with the 660-km discontinuity depth obtained by high-resolution in situ X-ray diffraction in a large-volume high-pressure apparatus with a tightly controlled sample pressure. These data affirm the applicability of the prevailing mantle models. We infer that the apparently lower pressures reported by previous studies are experimental artefacts due to the pressure drop upon heating. The present results indicate the necessity of reinvestigating the position of mantle mineral phase boundaries previously obtained by in situ X-ray diffraction in high-pressure–temperature apparatuses.
High‐temperature ionic conductivity in olivine single crystals has been measured in the [100], [010], and [001] crystallographic orientations as a function of pressure from 2 to 10 GPa, temperature from 1450 to 2180 K, and H2O content from 20 to 580 wt. ppm using multianvil presses with in situ impedance analyses. The experimental results yield an activation energy, activation volume, and H2O content exponent of 250–405 kJ/mol, 3.2–5.3 cm3/mol, and 1.3 ± 0.2, respectively, for the high‐temperature ionic conduction regime. Olivine ionic conductivity has negative pressure and positive temperature dependences and is significantly enhanced by H2O incorporation. The [001] direction is more conductive than the [100] and [010] directions. The H2O‐enhanced ionic conductivity may contribute significantly to the electrical conductivity profile in the asthenosphere, especially in the regions under relatively high‐temperature and low‐pressure conditions.
The Earth's mantle is characterised by a sharp seismic discontinuity at a depth of 660-km that can provide insights into deep mantle processes. The discontinuity occurs over only 2km -or a pressure difference of 0.1 GPa -and is thought to result from the post-spinel transition, that is, the decomposition of the mineral ringwoodite to bridgmanite plus ferropericlase. Existing high-pressure-temperature experiments have lacked the pressure control required to test whether such sharpness is the result of isochemical phase relations or chemically distinct upper and lower mantle domains. Here, we obtain the isothermal pressure interval of the Mg-Fe binary post-spinel transition by applying advanced multianvil techniques with in situ X-ray diffraction with help of Mg-Fe partition experiments. It is demonstrated that the interval at mantle compositions and temperatures is only 0.01 GPa, corresponding to 250 m. This interval is indistinguishable from zero at seismic frequencies. These results can explain the discontinuity sharpness and provide new support for whole mantle convection in a chemically homogeneous mantle. The present work suggests that distribution of adiabatic vertical flows between the upper and lower mantles can be mapped based on discontinuity sharpness. Main:The 660-km seismic discontinuity (D660) is the boundary between the upper and lower mantles. Seismological studies based on short-period P-wave reflections (Pʹ660Pʹ-PʹPʹ) have demonstrated that D660 is extremely sharp and less than 2 km thick 1 , which is in striking contrast to the 7-km-thick 410-km discontinuity 1 . Understanding the nature of D660 from a perspective of mineral physics provides important clues to open questions about the structure and dynamic processes in the Earth's mantle, such as slab subduction and upwelling of hot plume.Geochemical studies suggest that the Earth's upper mantle consists of ca. 60% atom-
We have generated over 40 GPa pressures, namely, 43 and 44 GPa, at ambient temperature and 2000 K, respectively, using Kawai-type multi-anvil presses (KMAP) with tungsten carbide anvils for the first time. These high-pressure generations were achieved by combining the following pressure-generation techniques: (1) precisely aligned guide block systems, (2) high hardness of tungsten carbide, (3) tapering of second-stage anvil faces, (4) materials with high bulk modulus in a high-pressure cell, and (5)
In this work, we report an experimental observation of a new CaCO3 calcite-Vb phase, which occurs as the intermediate between aragonite and calcite-V at pressures >3.5 GPa and temperatures >1200 °C, suggesting it can exist in CaCO3-containing rocks at ∼125–200 km. Calcite-Vb is determined to have the KClO3-type structure with the monoclinic P21/m space group and lattice parameters of a = 6.284(5) Å, b = 4.870(3) Å, c = 3.991(4) Å, β = 107.94(3)°, and V = 116.19(15) Å3. Possible transformation mechanisms between calcite-Vb, aragonite, and calcite-V are illustrated.
Paracetamol (p--hydroxyacetanilide, Pbca), acetotoluidine (p--methylacetanilide, P21/c) and methacetin (p--methoxyacetanilide, Pbca) contain acetamide group included in molecular fragments, which play an important role in many drugs and proteins. As all of them are derivatives of acetanilide used in medicine, and due to the presence of the amide bond, their charge density analysis is important for better understanding amide infinite peptide chains. Thus, comparing the data obtained for paracetamol with acetotoluidine and with methacetin charge density data can provide deeper insight into NH·•·•·•O bonding. Another point of interest is the possibility of methyl group rotation that remains to be ambiguous in these acetanilide molecule based compounds. In the present study we have attempted to elucidate these problems using precise X--ray diffraction at 100K with subsequent charge density topological analysis. All charge density refinements were based on the Hansen and Coppens multipolar atom model. The topologies of the inter--and intramolecular interactions are carefully analyzed for compounds. The atomic charges, bond orders, and the electrostatic energy in molecules are discussed. The topological characteristics in the critical point of the NH·•·•·•O bond of paracetamol, acetotoluidine and methacetin are shown in the table below. In contrast to similarity in NH·•·•·•O bonds for all studied compounds, intermolecular interactions between the double bonded oxygen atom and the hydrogen of dimer's methyl group are different. In acetotoluidine and methacetin the (3, -1) critical points with the same topological characteristics were detected between these atoms. In comparison to them, paracetamol with disordered methyl group [1, 2] has no such point. That can be related to the absence of the methyl group disorder in acetotoluidine and methacetin.
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