HR: 0800h
AN: V41A-1354    [Abstracts]
TI: Redox Viscosity of Iron Rich Silicate Melts - Martian Mantle Analogues.
AU: Dingwell, D B
EM: Dingwell@lmu.de
AF: Earth and Environment, University of Munich, Theresienstr. 41/III, Munich, 80333 Germany
AB: The dependence of shear viscosity on the oxidation state of ferrosilicate melts has been measured using the concentric cylinder method and a gas mixing furnace. Two different simple Fe-bearing systems have been studied to date: (i) anorthite-diopside eutectic composition (AnDi) with variable amount of Fe (up to 20 wt%) as a basalt analogue and (ii) sodium disilicate (NS2 up to 30 wt % Fe). In addition, the compositional range has been extended to include the more complex SNC meteorite composition, a composition more relevant to Mars. The measurements were performed under air, CO2 and CO2-CO mixture at 1 atm and in a temperature range of 1300 to 1350 \§C. The experimental procedure involve a continuous measurement of viscosity during stepwise reduction state. The melt was reduced by flowing CO2 and then successively reducing mixtures of CO2-CO through the alumina muffle tube. Gas flow rates were electronically controlled using Tylan mass flow controllers and oxygen fugacity was directly measured using a sensor and calculated with Nernst equation. The composition and oxidation state of the melt was monitored by obtaining a melt sample after each redox equilibrium step. The melts were sampled by dipping an alumina rod into the sample and drawing out a drop of liquid, which was then plunged into water for quenching. The resulting glasses were analyzed by electron microprobe, and the volumetric potassium dichromate titration were employed to determine FeO. In addition, the redox dependence of viscosity of our samples have been compared with data from literature (Mysen et al. 1985, Dingwell and Virgo, 1988; Dingwell 1989, Dingwell 1991). The viscosity of all melts investigated herein decreases with melt reduction. The viscosity decrease is, in general, a nonlinear function of oxidation state expressed as Fe2+/Fetot and can be fitted using logarithmic equation.
DE: 8439 Physics and chemistry of magma bodies
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting