Abstract
A new and sensitive differential drop solution calorimetric technique was developed for very small samples. A single experiment using one 5.18-milligram sample of perovskite, synthesized at 25 gigapascals and 1873 Kelvin, gave 110.1 ± 4.1 kilojoules per mole for the enthalpy of the ilmenite-perovskite transition in MgSiO 3 . The thermodynamics of the reaction of MgSiO 3 (ilmenite) to MgSiO 3 (perovskite) and of Mg 2 SiO 4 (spinel) to MgSiO 3 (perovskite) and MgO (periclase) were assessed. Despite uncertainties in heat capacity and molar volume at high pressure and temperature, both reactions clearly have negative pressure-temperature slopes, -0.005 ± 0.002 and -0.004 ± 0.002 gigapascals per Kelvin, respectively. The latter may be insufficiently negative to preclude whole-mantle convection.
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 5, 2006, 6:10 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 11:17 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months, 4 weeks ago (May 29, 2025, 11:06 a.m.) |
Issued | 34 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 14, 1990) |
Published | 34 years, 11 months ago (Sept. 14, 1990) |
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@article{Ito_1990, title={Negative Pressure-Temperature Slopes for Reactions Formign MgSiO 3 Perovskite from Calorimetry}, volume={249}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.249.4974.1275}, DOI={10.1126/science.249.4974.1275}, number={4974}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Ito, E. and Akaogi, M. and Topor, L. and Navrotsky, A.}, year={1990}, month=sep, pages={1275–1278} }