Thermal Equation of State of Aluminum-Enriched Silicate Perovskite

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Abstract
Inferences of the chemical homogeneity of Earth's mantle depend on comparing laboratory-derived equations of state of mantle phases with seismically determined properties of the material in situ. A uniform chemical composition of the entire mantle has been found to be consistent with measurements, to date, of these properties for the end-member MgSiO 3 perovskite phase. New pressure-volume-temperature data for silicate perovskite containing 5 mole percent Al 2 O 3 has yielded different values of the equation of state parameters, with the bulk modulus being significantly smaller at lower mantle conditions than for aluminum-free perovskite, thus requiring adjustments in other components to match seismic observations.