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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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Ito, E., Akaogi, M., Topor, L., & Navrotsky, A. (1990). Negative Pressure-Temperature Slopes for Reactions Formign MgSiO 3 Perovskite from Calorimetry. Science, 249(4974), 1275–1278.

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  2. M. Akaogi (additional)
  3. L. Topor (additional)
  4. A. Navrotsky (additional)
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