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Scott et al. 2007
Scott, H.P., Huggins, S., Frank, M.R., Maglio, S.J., Martin, C.D., Meng, Y., Santillán, J. and Williams, Q. (2007). Equation of state and high-pressure stability of Fe3P-schreibersite: Implications for phosphorus storage in planetary cores. Geophysical Research Letters 34: doi: 10.1029/2006GL029160. issn: 0094-8276.

We have collected in situ X-ray diffraction patterns of end-member Fe3P-schreibersite in a diamond anvil cell to pressures of 30 GPa at 300 K. Some samples of Fe3P were also laser heated at high pressure to temperatures of ~2000 K and examined following thermal quench. Below 8 GPa, variation of the schreibersite unit cell delineates a smooth pressure-volume curve corresponding to a second order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state with bulk modulus, K0T , of 159(1) GPa. Above 8 GPa, however, the schreibersite structure shows substantial stiffening, and an unidentified structure develops between 17 and 30 GPa; upon decompression to ambient pressure the schreibersite structure returns. Therefore, although ubiquitous in iron-rich meteorites, it is unlikely that schreibersite is the stable phosphorus-bearing phase in deep planetary cores.

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Geochemistry, Composition of the core, Mineralogy and Petrology, Planetary mineralogy and petrology, Mineral Physics, Equations of state, Mineral Physics, High-pressure behavior, Mineral Physics, X-ray, neutron, and electron spectroscopy and diffraction
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Geophysical Research Letters
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