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Semi-empirical and quantum chemical studies of Al atom energy in CaSiO3 and MgSiO3 with the perovskite-type structure at pressures and temperatures of the Earth’s mantle are reported. The phase diagram for CaSiO3 is reproduced and refined. Probable mechanisms of Al incorporation in the structures studied are considered. According to the results of the calculations, Al is preferably incorporated into MgSiO3, rather than into CaSiO3. Evaluation of the isomorphic capacity of perovskite phases in relation to Al shows that the Al content in MgSiO3 may reach 2.4 mol % at 120 GPa and 2400 K. CaSiO3 cannot be a source of Al atoms in the Earth’s mantle.
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Original Russian Text © E.I. Marchenko, N.N. Eremin, A.Yu. Bychkov, A.E. Grechanovskii, 2017, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 4: Geologiya, 2017, No. 4, pp. 3–7.
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Marchenko, E.I., Eremin, N.N., Bychkov, A.Y. et al. Ca- and Mg-perovskite phases in the Earth’s mantle as a probable reservoir of Al: Computer-simulation evidence. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 72, 299–304 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875217050076
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