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Title: High-temperature creep of magnetite and ilmenite single crystals
Abstract We performed deformation experiments on dry natural single crystals of magnetite and ilmenite to determine the rheological behavior of these oxide minerals as a function of temperature, orientation, and oxygen fugacity. Samples were deformed at temperatures of 825–1150  $$\,^{\circ }$$ ∘ C to axial strains of up to 15–24% under approximately constant stress conditions up to 120 MPa in a dead-load-type creep rig at ambient pressure in a controlled gas atmosphere. Oxygen fugacity ranged from 10 $$^{-9.4}$$ - 9.4 to 10 $$^{-4}$$ - 4 atm. Ilmenite creep was insensitive to oxygen fugacity, while magnetite displayed a strong, non-monotonic oxygen fugacity dependence, with creep rates varying as $$f_{O_{2}}^{-0.7}$$ f O 2 - 0.7 and $$f_{O_{2}}^{0.4}$$ f O 2 0.4 at more reducing and more oxidizing conditions, respectively. Dislocation creep rates of magnetite single crystals were weakly dependent on crystallographic orientation with stress exponents that varied between 2.8 and 4.3 (mean 3.5 ± 0.4). Magnetite compressed parallel to <100>, <110>, and <111> axes exhibited apparent activation energies of 315±5, 345±30, and 290±5 kJ/mol, respectively. We estimated $${f_O}_2$$ f O 2 -independent magnetite activation energies of 715 ± 150, 725 ± 145, and 690 ± 150 kJ/mol for <100>, <110>, and <111> orientations, respectively, in the region of negative $${f_O}_2$$ f O 2 -dependence. Ilmenite single crystals were compressed parallel, normal, and inclined to the c-axis. Stress exponents of 3.4, 4.3, and 3.9 indicate dislocation creep with activation energies of 420 ± 35, 345 ± 30, and 360 ± 40 kJ/mol, respectively, for these orientations. Mechanical anisotropy in ilmenite is notably higher than in magnetite, as expected from its lower crystal symmetry. Constitutive equations were formulated for ilmenite and magnetite creep.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1642268
PAR ID:
10209702
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
Volume:
47
Issue:
12
ISSN:
0342-1791
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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