Table 1 Pressure dependence of the force constant values of iron bonds in basaltic glass and Fe-rich alloys.

From: Iron isotopic fractionation between silicate mantle and metallic core at high pressure

Sample

Pressure range (GPa)

a (Nm−1GPa−1)

b (Nm−1)

R 2

Basaltic glass

0–26

1.29 (±0.24)

184.1 (±4.5)

0.929

 

35–65

1.81 (±0.09)

235.8 (±5.1)

0.994

Fe

0–206

1.68 (±0.04)

211.7 (±4.7)

0.998

Fe86.8Ni8.6Si4.6

0–133

2.03 (±0.09)

174.2 (±6.5)

0.986

Fe92Ni8*

8–106

2.50 (±0.26)

167.0 (±17.3)

0.950

Fe85Si15*

0–70

2.46 (±0.19)

178.9 (±7.8)

0.960

Fe3S*

0–57

2.99 (±0.21)

148.0 (±6.9)

0.966

  1. The linear relationships between the force constant and pressure (P) for those samples were expressed as , with in the unit of N/m and P in the unit of GPa.
  2. *The values of iron bonds in Fe92Ni8, Fe85Si15, and Fe3S were calculated from this study and NRIXS data from Lin et al.34,35. The <F> values for Fe85Si15 and Fe3S (corresponding to solid symbols in Fig. 1c,d) at 24 GPa from this study are in agreement with those (corresponding to half-filled symbols in Fig. 1c,d) calculated by using the SciPhon software with previous NRIXS data, demonstrating the reproducibility of NRIXS results.