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Phase relations in Fe–Ni–C system at high pressures and temperatures

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We performed comparative study of phase relations in Fe1−x Ni x (0.10 ≤ x ≤ 0.22 atomic fraction) and Fe0.90Ni0.10−x C x (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.5 atomic fraction) systems at pressures to 45 GPa and temperatures to 2,600 K using laser-heated diamond anvil cell and large-volume press (LVP) techniques. We show that laser heating of Fe,Ni alloys in DAC even to relatively low temperatures can lead to the contamination of the sample with the carbon coming from diamond anvils, which results in the decomposition of the alloy into iron- and nickel-rich phases. Based on the results of LVP experiments with Fe–Ni–C system (at pressures up to 20 GPa and temperatures to 2,300 K) we demonstrate decrease of carbon solubility in Fe,Ni alloy with pressure.

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Acknowledgments

The project was partly supported by funds from the German Science Foundation (DFG) Priority Programme SPP1236 under project Mc 3/16-1 and the Eurocores EuroMinSci Programme. We thank Daniel J. Frost (Bayerisches Geoinstitut) for help with multianvil experiments as well as Hubert Schulze and Uwe Dittmann (Bayerisches Geoinstitut) for preparation of the quenched samples for further analyses.

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  1. O. Narygina

    Present address: SUPA, School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, The University of Edinburgh, James Maxwell Clerk Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

  2. N. A. Dubrovinskaia

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    O. Narygina, L. S. Dubrovinsky, N. Miyajima, C. A. McCammon, I. Yu. Kantor & N. A. Dubrovinskaia

  2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex, France

    I. Yu. Kantor, M. Mezouar & V. Dmitriev

  3. Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    V. B. Prakapenka

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Narygina, O., Dubrovinsky, L.S., Miyajima, N. et al. Phase relations in Fe–Ni–C system at high pressures and temperatures. Phys Chem Minerals 38, 203–214 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-010-0396-x

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