Experimental evidence for Mo isotope fractionation between metal and silicate liquids

Remco C. Hin; Christoph Burkhardt; Max W. Schmidt; Bernard Bourdon; Thorsten Kleine

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.003

Experimental evidence for Mo isotope fractionation between metal and silicate liquids

Remco C. Hin^*, Christoph Burkhardt, Max W. Schmidt, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine

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School of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

Stable isotope fractionation of siderophile elements may inform on the conditions and chemical consequences of core-mantle differentiation in planetary objects. The extent to which Mo isotopes fractionate during such metal-silicate segregation, however, is so far unexplored. We have therefore investigated equilibrium fractionation of Mo isotopes between liquid metal and liquid silicate to evaluate the potential of Mo isotopes as a new tool to study core formation. We have performed experiments at 1400 and 1600 degrees C in a centrifuging piston cylinder. Tin was used to lower the melting temperature of the Fe-based metal alloys to

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	38-48
Number of pages	11
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume	379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2013

Keywords

Mo isotopes
metal-silicate experiments
stable isotope fractionation
core formation
CORE FORMATION
OXYGEN FUGACITY
SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS
MELT COMPOSITION
HIGH-PRESSURE
SOLAR NEBULA
EARTHS CORE
TEMPERATURE
MOLYBDENUM
ACCRETION

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