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四方铁氧化物:地球核心条件下的稳定铁氧化物

Tetragonal Fe2O: the stable iron oxide at Earth's core conditions

Xiamen University(厦门大学);Iowa State University(爱荷华州立大学);The University of Hong Kong(香港大学);Columbia University(哥伦比亚大学)

Junjie Jiang, Zhen Zhang, Tongqi Wen, Renata M. Wentzcovitch, Yang Sun

AI总结:

研究发现四方Fe2O在地球核心条件下稳定,可能改变对核心组成和结构的理解。

摘要:

铁-氧体系对于理解地球核心的组成和性质至关重要。近期研究提出,在约215 GPa条件下可能存在稳定的富含铁的FenO化合物。在这里,我们进行了晶体结构搜索和完全非谐自由能计算,以研究内核条件下的铁-铁氧化物体系。我们确定Fe2O是一种稳定的相,并构建了其高压高温相图。Fe2O在压力和温度增加时经历六方到四方相变。它在200至400 GPa范围内和高温下仍能保持热力学稳定,不会分解为铁和铁氧化物。尽管氧在内核中被认为几乎不存在,因为其溶解度有限,但这些结果表明,氧确实可以以铁+铁氧化物混合物的形式被纳入固态内核中,并且可以与PREM密度匹配53 mol%的Fe2O。我们的工作有可能导致对核心结构和组成当前理解的重大修订。

英文摘要:

The Fe-O system is fundamental to understanding the composition and properties of the Earth's core. Recent studies have suggested the possible existence of stable, iron-rich FenO compounds at around 215 GPa. Here, we performed crystal-structure searches and fully anharmonic free-energy calculations to investigate the Fe-FeO system under inner-core conditions. We identified Fe2O as a stable phase and constructed its high P-T phase diagram. Fe2O undergoes a hexagonal-to-tetragonal transition with increasing pressure and temperature. It remains thermodynamically stable against decomposition into Fe and FeO from 200 to 400 GPa and at high temperatures. Although oxygen has been considered nearly absent in the inner core due to its limited solubility, these results suggest that oxygen can, in fact, be incorporated into the solid inner core in the form of an Fe+Fe2O mixture, and can match PREM densities for 53 mol% Fe2O. Our work has the potential to lead to a significant revision of the current understanding of the core's structure and composition.

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