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Wenyi Zhou positions the

Wenyi Zhou positions the

diamond anvil cell on the sample stage for Brillouin spectroscopy experiments, which can be used to extract the speeds of the sound waves traveling within the probed samples.

The diamond anvil cell assembly

The diamond anvil cell assembly

for generating the high pressure-temperature conditions scientists expect to see inside the Earth. A wadsleyite crystal ~ 40 microns in dimension will be sandwiched between the two diamonds. The major pale green mineral olivine in the mantle peridotite shown in the photo will transform into wadsleyite at mantle transition zone pressure temperature conditions.

UNM scientists study composition and temperature variations in the mantle transition zone in search of water

By Steve Carr March 28, 2022

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Research

Tags: UNM's Institute of Meteoritics

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