Electronic structure of iron in magnesium silicate glasses at high pressure

C Gu, K Catalli, B Grocholski, L Gao… - Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
C Gu, K Catalli, B Grocholski, L Gao, E Alp, P Chow, Y Xiao, H Cynn, WJ Evans, SH Shim
Geophysical Research Letters, 2012Wiley Online Library
A recent study attributed the source of an iron partitioning change between silicate melt and
minerals at deep mantle conditions to a high‐spin to low‐spin change in iron, which was
found in a Fe‐diluted Mg‐silicate glass at a similar pressure. We conducted X‐ray emission
spectroscopy and nuclear forward scattering on iron‐rich Mg‐silicate glasses at high
pressure and 300 K in the diamond‐anvil cell: Al‐free glass up to 135 GPa and Al‐bearing
glass up to 93 GPa. In both glasses, the spin moment decreases gradually from 1 bar and …
A recent study attributed the source of an iron partitioning change between silicate melt and minerals at deep mantle conditions to a high‐spin to low‐spin change in iron, which was found in a Fe‐diluted Mg‐silicate glass at a similar pressure. We conducted X‐ray emission spectroscopy and nuclear forward scattering on iron‐rich Mg‐silicate glasses at high pressure and 300 K in the diamond‐anvil cell: Al‐free glass up to 135 GPa and Al‐bearing glass up to 93 GPa. In both glasses, the spin moment decreases gradually from 1 bar and does not reach a complete low‐spin state even at the peak pressures of this study. The gradual change may be due to the existence of diverse coordination environments for iron in the glasses and continuous structural adjustment of the disordered system with pressure. If the result can be extrapolated to iron in mantle melts, the small, gradual changes in the spin state of iron may not be the dominant factor explaining the reported sudden change in the partitioning behavior of iron between silicate melt and minerals at lower‐mantle pressures.
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