Sound velocity of hexagonal close-packed iron to the Earth’s inner core pressure

Daijo Ikuta (), Eiji Ohtani (), Hiroshi Fukui, Takeshi Sakai, Daisuke Ishikawa and Alfred Q. R. Baron ()
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Daijo Ikuta: Tohoku University
Eiji Ohtani: Tohoku University
Hiroshi Fukui: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Takeshi Sakai: Ehime University
Daisuke Ishikawa: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Alfred Q. R. Baron: RIKEN SPring-8 Center

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Here we determine the compressional and shear wave velocities (vp and vs) of hexagonal close-packed iron, a candidate for the main constituent of the Earth’s inner core, to pressures above 300 gigapascals using a newly designed diamond anvil cell and inelastic X-ray scattering combined with X-ray diffraction. The present results reveal that the vp and vs of the Preliminary reference Earth model (PREM) inner core are 4(±2)% and 36(±17)% slower than those of the pure iron, respectively at the centre of the core. The density and sound velocity of the PREM inner core can be explained by addition of 3(±1) wt% silicon and 3(±2) wt% sulphur to iron‒5 wt% nickel alloy. Our suggested inner core composition is consistent with the existing outer core model with oxygen, as the growth of the inner core may have created a secular enrichment of the element in the outer core.

Date: 2022
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