Original paper
Grain-boundary enrichment of iron on magnesium silicate perovskite
Dobson, David P.; Alfredson, Maria; Holzapfel, Christian; Brodholt, John P.
European Journal of Mineralogy Volume 19 Number 5 (2007), p. 617 - 622
published: Nov 7, 2007
Abstract
We present a combined experimental and numerical simulations study of grain boundaries in (Fe, Mg)SiO3 perovskite. TEM observations of grain boundaries in a well equilibrated perovskite sample consistently show small but significant enrichments of Fe. This result is in good agreement with classical potentials simulations of grain boundary structures in MgSiO3 perovskite which predict substitution of iron onto grain boundaries to be energetically favourable over iron substitution in the bulk perovskite structure.
Keywords
grain boundary structure • grain-boundary enrichment • (mg, fe)sio3 perovskite • high-pressure studies • tem studies