Serpentinization: connecting geochemistry, ancient metabolism and industrial hydrogenation

M Preiner, JC Xavier, FL Sousa, V Zimorski, A Neubeck… - Life, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rock–water–carbon interactions germane to serpentinization in hydrothermal vents have
occurred for over 4 billion years, ever since there was liquid water on Earth. Serpentinization …

Review of electrical resistivity measurements and calculations of Fe and Fe-alloys relating to planetary cores

M Berrada, RA Secco - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is a considerable amount of literature on the electrical resistivity of iron at Earth's core
conditions, while only few studies have considered iron and iron-alloys at other planetary …

Magma oceans, iron and chromium redox, and the origin of comparatively oxidized planetary mantles

MM Hirschmann - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
The mantles of both Earth and Mars are more oxidized than would be expected based on
low pressure equilibration of molten silicate and alloy during their magma ocean stages …

The elemental abundances (with uncertainties) of the most Earth-like planet

HS Wang, CH Lineweaver, TR Ireland - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
To first order, the Earth as well as other rocky planets in the Solar System and rocky
exoplanets orbiting other stars, are refractory pieces of the stellar nebula out of which they …

[HTML][HTML] The elastic properties of hcp-Fe alloys under the conditions of the Earth's inner core

Y Li, L Vočadlo, JP Brodholt - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Geophysical and cosmochemical constraints suggest the inner-core is mainly composed of
iron with a few percent of light elements. However, despite extensive studies over many …

Heat flow in Earth's core from invariant electrical resistivity of Fe‐Si on the melting boundary to 9 GPa: Do light elements matter?

RE Silber, RA Secco, W Yong… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity of liquid Fe alloys are the least constrained
parameters in Earth's outer core (OC). These parameters are important as they modulate …

Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N compounds in planetary cores

A Pease, J Liu, M Lv, Y Xiao, K Armstrong… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Elastic and plastic properties of Fe-light element alloys and compounds are needed to
determine the compositions and dynamics of planetary cores. Elastic strength and plastic …

Volatile element chemistry during accretion of the Earth

B Fegley Jr, K Lodders, NS Jacobson - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
We review some issues relevant to volatile element chemistry during accretion of the Earth
with an emphasis on historical development of ideas during the past century and on issues …

Nazarovite, Ni12P5, a new terrestrial and meteoritic mineral structurally related to nickelphosphide, Ni3P

SN Britvin, MN Murashko… - American …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Abstract Nazarovite, Ni12P5, is a new natural phosphide discovered on Earth and in
meteorites. Terrestrial nazarovite originates from phosphide assemblages confined to …

Equations of state of iron nitrides ε‐Fe3Nx and γ‐Fe4Ny to 30 GPa and 1200 K and implication for nitrogen in the Earth's core

KD Litasov, A Shatskiy, DS Ponomarev… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen abundance is one of the most uncertain among all elements in the Earth's interior.
Recent data indicate an affinity between Fe‐nitrides and Fe‐carbides in the Earth's mantle …