High-pressure structure of ferrosilite FeSiO3 glass

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The density-driven structural transformations in ferrosilite glass FeSiO3 will be investigated at pressures increasing to 17.5 GPa. This glass is one of a family of silicate materials that have geophysical relevance because they form a significant component of the Earth's mantle. Indeed, the structural transformations that take place under the high-pressure conditions deep within the interior of the Earth govern key magma-related processes, ranging from present-day volcanic activity to the very early stages of Earth¿s formation. As for SiO2 glass, identifiable changes in the structure of FeSiO3 glass are expected to be observed as the density is increased. The new experimental information will be used for testing models for magmatic materials as obtained from molecular dynamics simulations using a polarisable ion model.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.47626584
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/47626584
Provenance
Creator Dr James Drewitt; Miss Annalisa Polidori; Dr Louis Hennet; Miss Ruth Rowlands; Dr Anita Zeidler; Professor Phil Salmon; Dr Craig Bull
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2017
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2014-04-04T12:12:24Z