ABSTRACT. Density measurements of eight silicate liquids containing substantial amounts of Fe203 have been made over a range of 250 ~ These have been combined with published density measurements on multicomponent silicate liquids to yield (by multiple regression) partial molar volumes of SiO2, TiO2, A1203, Fe2Oa, FeO, MgO, CaO, Na20, and K20. The data on Fe203-liquids are neither precise nor abundant enough to show #liq a compositional dependence of --Fe20~. In a liquid of constant composition and temperature, the pressure dependence of the oxygen fugacity is given bywhich, if AV is independent of pressure, necessitates an increase info2 with increasing pressure of about 1 log~0 unit for 10 kbars.Combining an equation relating oxygen fugacity to composition, T, and Fe203 at 1 bar (Sack et al., 1980) with the results for partial molar volumes, the oxygen fugacity of any magma can be calculated as a function of P and T. If basic magmas have their Fe203/FeO set in the source regions, and ascend isochemically, then the calculated oxygen fugacities in the mantle increase as pressure increases and silica activity decreases. A P-T grid has been constructed to show the calculated oxygen fugacities in a source region which has equilibrated with some common lava types, based on their FeO and Fe203 contents.DENSITY measurements of a variety of silicate liquids were used by Bottinga and Weill (1970) to derive partial molar volumes of oxide components and their temperature dependence. Since then ternary and multicomponent silicate liquids containing TiO2 have been measured and estimates of the partial molar volumes of the components SiO2, TiO2, A1203, FeO, MgO, CaO, Na20, and K20 were given by Nelson and Carmichael (1979). Although many of the density measurements of * Permanent address: Beijing College of Geology, Beijing, China.
Copyright the Mineralogical SocietyFeO-containing systems report small amounts of Fe203 (e.g. Henderson, 1964;Shiraishi et al., 1978) the concentrations were so small that Bottinga and Weill constrained its volume in silicate liquids by analogy to that of crystalline Fe203 (hematite).This paper reports on the density measurements of Fe203-containing liquids, and gives estimates of the partial molar volumes of the nine oxide components most abundant in natural silicate liquids. The effect of pressure on oxygen fugacity in an isochemical silicate liquid can be calculated by making simple assumptions about the partial molar oxide compressibilities, and is used to illustrate the conditions of equilibration of various basic magmas with a mineral assemblage in the mantle.Experimental techniques. The apparatus used for the density determination is similar to that described by Bockris et al. (1956). It consists of a Pt/Rh-wound resistance furnace and temperature controller that operates in the range of 500 to 1600 ~ The furnace is mounted on a hydraulic jack so that it can be raised and lowered, with the distance measured on a micrometer dial gauge. A concrete platform mounted above the furnace supports ...