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The influence of carbon on trace element partitioning behavior
Authors:Nancy L Chabot  Andrew J Campbell  John H Jones  H Vern Lauer Jr
Institution:a Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
b Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA
c Mail Code KR, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
d National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
e ESCG/Barrios Technology, P.O. Box 58477, Houston, TX 77258, USA
Abstract:Carbon has been proposed as a potential light element in planetary cores, included in models of planetary core formation, and found in meteoritic samples and minerals. To better understand the effect of C on the partitioning behavior of elements, solid/liquid partition coefficients (D = (solid metal)/(liquid metal)) were determined for 17 elements (As, Au, Co, Cr, Cu, Ga, Ge, Ir, Ni, Os, Pd, Pt, Re, Ru, Sb, Sn, and W) over a range of C contents in the Fe-Ni-C system at 1 atm. The partition coefficients for the majority of the elements increased as the C content of the liquid increased, an effect analogous to that of S for many of the elements. In contrast, three of the elements, Cr, Re, and W, were found to have anthracophile (C-loving) preferences, partitioning more strongly into the metallic liquid as the C content increased, resulting in decreases to their partition coefficients. For half of the elements examined, the prediction that partitioning in the Fe-Ni-S and Fe-Ni-C systems could be parameterized using a single set of variables was not supported. The effects of S and C on elemental partitioning behavior can be quite different; consequently, the presence of different non-metals can result in different fractionation patterns, and that uniqueness offers the opportunity to gain insight into the evolution of planetary bodies.
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