Sound velocity of hexagonal close‐packed iron up to core pressures. Issue 19 (8th October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ohtani, Eiji; Shibazaki, Yuki; Sakai, Takeshi; Mibe, Kenji; Fukui, Hiroshi; Kamada, Seiji; Sakamaki, Tatsuya; Seto, Yusuke; Tsutsui, Satoshi; Baron, Alfred Q. R.
• Is Part Of: Geophysical research letters. Volume 40:Issue 19(2013:Oct.)
• Page Start: 5089
• Page End: 5094
• Publication Date: 2013-10-08
• Subjects: Geophysics -- Periodicals; Planets -- Periodicals; Lunar geology -- Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1002/grl.50992
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-8276

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>[1] We determined the compressional velocity of hcp‐Fe using high‐resolution inelastic X‐ray scattering combined with in situ X‐ray powder diffraction: Our measurements extend up to 174 GPa at room temperature, to 88 GPa at 700 K, and to 61.5 GPa at 1000 K. Our data, including those obtained at high temperature, are well described by a linear relation to density, extending the range of verification of Birch's law and suggesting only small temperature dependence up to 1000 K. This result, once compared to the preliminary reference Earth model seismologically based model, indicates that there is either a strong temperature effect on Birch's law above 1000 K or the composition of the core is rather different than expected, containing, e.g., heavy impurities. Noting that both recent theoretical calculations and shock wave velocity measurements are consistent with modification of Birch's law at high temperature, we favor the former explanation.</p> </abstract>