한국광물학회지 (Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea)

  • 제21권4호
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  • Pages.415-423
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  • 2008
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  • 1225-309X(pISSN)
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  • 2288-7172(eISSN)
한국광물학회 (The Mineralogical Society of Korea)
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지구 핵에 수산화물의 존재에 관한 연구

A Study of the Oxyhydroxide Presence at the Earth Core

  • 김영호 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 도재기 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 황길찬 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소)
  • Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Earth and Environment Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Do, Jae-Ki (Department of Earth and Environment Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Hwang, Gil-Chan (Department of Earth and Environment Sciences and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 발행 : 2008.12.30
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초록

외핵은 대부분 철로 이루어져 있으나 외핵의 밀도를 10% 정도 줄일 수 있는 희석 원소가 존재해야 한다. 외핵에서 존재할 가능성이 있는 가벼운 희석원소가 수소와 산소라는 가정 하에, 고압 하에서 수소의 열역학적 안정성을 적철석($Fe_2O_3$) + 수소($H_2$) $\to$ 괴타이트(FeOOH) + 철(Fe) 반응관계식을 이용하여 계산하였다. 열역학적 해석 결과, 상온 및 상압에서 이러한 화학반응의 깁스자유에너지는 12.62 kJ/mol로 계산되었다. 상온에서 압력이 증가함에 따라 깁스자유에너지 값은 감소하여 0.068 GPa에서 '0 kJ/mol'을 나타내었다. 압력이 증가함에 따라 깁스자유에너지 값은 일정한 비율로 점차적으로 감소하여 200 GPa에서는 -208.26 kJ/mol을 나타내었다. 이러한 열역학적 분석 결과로 볼 때 고압 하에서 수소와 철산화물이 반응하여 철원소와 철 수산화물을 생성하는 환원반응이 선호되며, 수소와 산소가 철수산화물의 형태로 원시지구 핵 내에 존재하게 되었을 가능성을 배제할 수 없다.

Earth outer core is composed of iron mainly with some diluent elements, which account for the observed ca. 10% density deficit compared to the pure iron. Among candidates as the light diluents, hydrogen and oxygen were selected, and the thermodynamic stability of the following reaction was calculated; hematite + hydrogen $\to$ goethite + iron. At ambient conditions, Gibb's free energy of this reaction is 12.62 kJ/mol. On increasing pressure at room temperature, it decreases to zero at 0.068 GPa. This energy decreases at constant rate down to 200 GPa, which shows -208.26 kJ/mol at that pressure. From these results, this chemical reaction prefers the reduction environment forming the iron element and iron oxyhydroxide, so possible presence of iron oxyhydroxide with iron at proto-core can not be ruled out.

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