Generation of electromotive force in igneous rocks subjected to non-uniform loading

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摘要 Whenoneendofanair-dryigneousrockblockwasuniaxiallyloadedinlaboratory,thereappearedanelectromotiveforcethatmadeelectriccurrentsflowfromthestressedvolumetotheunstressedvolume.Quartz-freerockssuchasgabbroalsogeneratedthisforce,strongerthanquartz-bearingrockssuchasgranite.Thisindicatesthatthepiezoelectriceffectofquartzandtheelectrokineticeffectofporewaterdonotmakealargecontributiontowardgeneratingtheelectromotiveforce.Wefocusonperoxybondthatisoneoftheabundantlatticedefectsinigneousrock-formingminerals.Whenmechanicalloadingdeformsthelatticestructurearoundthisdefectandbreaksitsbond,itsenergylevelschangeandactlikeanaccepter.AsanelectronistrappedatthisdefectfromaneighborO2-site,apositiveholeisactivatedthere.Theyattempttodiffusetowardtheunstressedvolumethroughthevalencebandandaresimultaneouslyaffectedbytheattractiveelectricforcewiththeelectronstrappedinperoxybonds.Thisleadstoapolarizationinthestressedvolumeandthegenerationofelectromotiveforcebetweenthestressedandunstressedvolumes.SimilarelectromotiveforcemaybegeneratedintheEarth’scrustwhereinhomogeneousstress/strainischanging.
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2011年6期
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出版日期 2011年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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