The calculation for pressure is 10Kbar (1GPa) = 30 Km. The crust is anywhere from about 30-65 Km thick, and the mantle is about 2885 Km thick. That's a total of 2915-2950 Km depth so the pressure is probably in the 970-980 Kbar (97-98 GPa) range.
1 Kbar = 1000 bars, pressure at sea level = 1 bar.
I work in a high pressure lab and we only get around 3GPa, that's nothing compared to the pressures at the mantle-core boundary.
2007-06-07 07:46:02
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answered by Anonymous
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According to PREM (Preliminary Reference Earth Model), published in 1981, the pressure at the core-mantle boundary is 136 GPa. This corresponds to 1,360 kbar, or 1.3 million times atmospheric pressure. There may be a more recent reference, but this gets close enough.
The previous poster assumed a density of 3400 kg/m^3, which is characteristic of the upper mantle. However, the density of the lower mantle is higher, approaching 5500 kg/m^3.
2007-06-07 17:02:27
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answered by Jeff 3
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