Grain growth kinetics in olivine aggregates
Grain growth kinetics in olivine aggregates
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DOI:
10.1016/0040-1951(89)90221-7
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发表时间:
1989-11
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2.9
通讯作者:
S. Karato
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作者:
S. Karato
Grain growth kinetics were studied in hot-pressed fine-grained olivine aggregates. Experimental conditions include pressures of 0.1 MPa, 300 MPa and 1 GPa, and temperatures of 1473, 1573 and 1673 K, with or without the presence of water. At the initial stage of grain growth, growth of larger grains occurs rapidly, consuming smaller grains, which results in significant pore entrapment. Almost homogeneous grain-size distribution is established in this process. After this stage, grain-size distribution remains almost homogeneous in most cases. It was found that the presence of water enhances the grain growth kinetics when the amount of water is limited. However, when the amount of water is large, the water-containing pores significantly inhibit the grain boundary migration. Therefore the enhancement of grain growth due to the presence of water is due to the role of dissolved water in olivine rather than the mass transport through water. Abnormal grain growth was found in some samples. In these cases, normal grain growth was inhibited by the presence of a significant amount of water-filled pores, or grains with significantly larger size than the rest occurred in the starting materials. In 0.1 MPa runs, significant porosity developed and the grain growth rates were significantly lower than in those at high confining pressures. These results show that both water and pores have important effects on grain growth kinetics in olivine. When the effects of pores (or secondary phases) in inhibiting grain growth are unimportant, the grain growth rate in olivine is very fast: growth to 100 μm size will occur in 102to 103hours at 1500 K. Thus fine grain size in olivine will be maintained only for a short geological time, unless the grain boundaries are effectively pinned by secondary particles.