Electrical Conductivity of NaCl-Bearing Aqueous Fluids to 900°C and 5GPa
Electrical Conductivity of NaCl-Bearing Aqueous Fluids to 900°C and 5GPa
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DOI:
10.1029/2018jb016658
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发表时间:
2019-02-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Keppler, Hans
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作者:
Guo, Haihao;Keppler, Hans
The electrical conductivity of aqueous fluids containing 0.01, 0.1, and 1M NaCl was measured in a piston-cylinder apparatus up to 900 degrees C and 5GPa. The conductivity generally increases with NaCl concentration, while the pressure and temperature effects are more complex. At 1-2GPa, the effect of temperature on conductivity is small, while at higher pressures, conductivity increases with temperature. Pressure also enhances conductivity, but only above 300-400 degrees C. This effect may be due to enhanced ion dissociation in response to an increasing dielectric constant. However, at lower temperatures, conductivity decreases with pressure, probably due to an increase in fluid viscosity. The measured conductivities of NaCl-H2O fluids up to 900 degrees C and 5GPa are reproduced (R-2=0.953) by a numerical model with log sigma=-0.919-872.5/T+7.61 log +0.852 logc+log(0), where sigma is the conductivity in S/m, T is temperature in K, c is NaCl concentration in wt%, is the density of pure water (in g/cm(3)) at given pressure and temperature, and (0) is the molar conductivity of NaCl in water at infinite dilution (in Scm(2)mol(-1)), (0)=1,573-1,212 +537,062/T-208,122,721/T-2. We use our data to model the elevated electrical conductivity in the mantle wedge above subducted slabs. We find that due to the strong conductivity enhancement, in most cases less than one volume percent of aqueous fluid with moderate salinity is sufficient to explain the observed conductivity anomalies.