In situ falling sphere viscometry for silicate melts down to the lower mantle: An application of the B-doped diamond heater
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17J10966
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 国内 |
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| Research Field |
Petrology/Mineralogy/Economic geology
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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| Research Fellow |
XIE LONGJIAN 岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 特別研究員(DC2)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-26 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Keywords | viscosity / mantle / fractination / diamond heater / silicate melts / Magma ocean / boron doped diamond / high pressure / ultra-high temperature |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Xie Longjian completed PhD degree September 2018. He summarized his achievements during the recent five years. It consists three aspects: boron-doped diamond (BDD) heater development in multi-anvil apparatus, viscosity measurement of silicate melts up to ~30 GPa using in-situ falling sphere method and discussion on the evolution of the magma ocean (MO) based on the silicate melt viscosity newly measured in his study. Highlights of his study were (1) generation of ~4000 K temperature (world highest) in the Kawai multi-anvil apparatus by using BDD heater, (2) world first measurements of silicate melt viscosity under the lower mantle condition by applying BDD heater in the in-situ falling sphere viscometry, (3) the viscosity data first time reproduces, experimentally, all the four pressure induced densification mechanisms proposed by molecular dynamic simulation, (4) the viscosity data also suggests a fractional solidification of magma ocean, and (5) the fractional solidification model suggests that the primary upper mantle may be the residual of a ~900 km MO after a combination fractionation of bridgmanite and CaSiO3 perovskite (mass ratio: 94:6), which formed a cumulate layer (~660-900 km depth) at the bottom of MO.
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| Research Progress Status |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
平成30年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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