The electrical conductivity of molten olivine is studied up to 3720K and 13.2 GPa. The results indicate that the electrical conductivity of molten olivine exhibits the perfect Arrhenius behaviour. The activation energ...The electrical conductivity of molten olivine is studied up to 3720K and 13.2 GPa. The results indicate that the electrical conductivity of molten olivine exhibits the perfect Arrhenius behaviour. The activation energy as well as temperature effect is much smaller than that of the solid olivine. It is expected that the high conductivity zone in the mantle is almost independent of the melting based on our experimental data.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 40473034, 40404007, 10574055 and 50532020, and the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant No 2005CB724404.
文摘The electrical conductivity of molten olivine is studied up to 3720K and 13.2 GPa. The results indicate that the electrical conductivity of molten olivine exhibits the perfect Arrhenius behaviour. The activation energy as well as temperature effect is much smaller than that of the solid olivine. It is expected that the high conductivity zone in the mantle is almost independent of the melting based on our experimental data.