为什么铀只存在于地壳中?-地江南体育网页版球科学堆栈交换江南电子竞技平台 最近30个来自www.hoelymoley.com 2023 - 03 - 31 - t15:46:24z //www.hoelymoley.com/feeds/question/8214 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdf //www.hoelymoley.com/q/8214 5 为什么铀只存在于地壳中? peterh //www.hoelymoley.com/users/6016 2016 - 06 - 19 t02:01:48z 2016 - 06 - 19 t07:58:38z 据我所知,铀目前被认为主要在地壳中,而不是在地核或地幔中。原因是它是一种亲铁元素,这意味着它不会在铁水中溶解。最近的地中微子实验似乎也支持这一观点。< / p >

But, according to this answer, the solubility of Uranium in the Earth Core is between 2ppm and 6ppm. This is not a really high value, but it is still much more as the mean proportion of the Uranium in the whole Earth.

So, first I think the general siderophility of Uranium is not a reason to not have a lot of cubic kilometers of solved U in the outer core.

Second, what I think: trying to mix unmixable liquids they we will have separate phases of solutions in the order of their density. Also, trying to mix uranium and iron liquid, we will have

  1. A phase of solution of uranium in iron (higher)
  2. Below that, a solution of iron in uranium.

At least one of them will be also a saturated solution.

So, I don't see any reason, why wouldn't the Uranium concentrate in the outer crust. Or there is some mechanism out of these as well?

//www.hoelymoley.com/questions/8214/-/8216#8216 6 为什么铀只存在于地壳中? Gimelist //www.hoelymoley.com/users/725 2016 - 06 - 19 t07:58:38z 2016 - 06 - 19 t07:58:38z < p > < em > (tl;下面的博士)< / em > < / p > < p >首先,出现回调。亲铁元素是“亲铁”元素,它们与铁镍液体一起进入核心。铀亲石,即“亲岩”。相对于地核,它划分为硅酸盐岩石物质(即地幔和地壳)。< / p >

Secondly,

But, according to this answer, the solubility of Uranium in the Earth Core is between 2ppm and 6ppm.

You have to understand where this is coming from. That answer is based on this paper, which experimentally measured how much U is in the Fe phase, coexisting with a silicate phase of peridotite composition (which is an approximation of the mantle composition). If you look at their Table 3 (page 14) and Figure 8 (page 17) you can see that the $D_\rm{U}$ values range from almost 0 to around 0.03. This value mean the ratio of U in the metal phase relative to the silicate phase. So even in the most extreme case, you're going to have 30 times more U in the mantle than in the core. And in their experimental setup they used wt % amounts of U in the starting material, much much more than exists in the Earth, so you eventually get a considerable amount in the Fe-metal phase. This does not mean that this is the amount that is present there now, inside the Earth.

The truth is, we do not know how much U is there in the core. And this research papers shows that whatever amount there is, there will be more in the mantle. There will be even more in the crust, because U is an incompatible element in partial melting of the mantle. See this Q&A for more information about that:

What are the high field strength and large ion lithophile (HFS or HFSE & LIL or LILE) elements?

Also related, also read the comments:

What percent of the Earth's core is uranium?

Second, what I think: trying to mix unmixable liquids they we will have separate phases of solutions in the order of their density...

You have to differentiate solubility from partitioning. Solubility is how much of x (let's say U) you can put in y (let's say Fe) before you saturate a separate phase instead of one. Partitioning is when you have two phases x and y (let's say Fe-liquid and silicate), how much a third component z (let's say U) will dissolve in each. The paper linked to before was discussing partitioning. In terms of solubility, there is a complete solution of liquid U and Fe when the temperature is high enough (such as in the Earth's core). Even if there's not, a ppm amount of U in liquid Fe is not enough to saturate a separate liquid U phase, so density doesn't matter. If it's all one phase, density plays no role. If you have a solution of NaCl and KCl in water, it's all homogeneous. The K doesn't sink because it's denser.

tl;dr

We do not know how much U is in the core. We do know that whatever amount of U goes in the core, more U will be in the silicate mantle. When you melt the mantle to produce magmas that form the crust, it concentrates U even more, and depletes the mantle of U.

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