Julien CHANTEL

Research Engineer

Bat C6 bureau 109
Unité Matériaux et Transformations
Cité scientifique, Bât. C6
Université de Lille
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Tel: 03 20 43 46 86
Fax: +33 (0) 320 43 65 91
Email: julien.chantel@univ-lille.fr
Homepage: https://julienchantel.wixsite.com/julienchantel
ORCID Identifier: 0000-0002-8332-9033

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials

Activity

High pressure mineral physics and experiments at large scale facilities

Diamond anvil cells

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Sébastien MERKEL, Julien CHANTEL.

The diamond anvil cell allows the experimental study of mantle materials and the Earth's core. The sample is compressed between two diamonds having a flat surface with a diameter ranging from 10 to 700 μm. The properties of the sample are then studied by diffraction or spectroscopy. The laboratory has several cells, allowing in-situ experimentation at pressures above the megabar. For temperatures below 1500 K, the sample can be heated using a graphite furnace fitted inside the diamond cell. Samples can also be heated to temperatures of several thousand degrees by focusing on the sample of power lasers (10 to 100W, infra-red). This operation allows the activation of phase transitions with slow kinetics, to relax the constraints within the samples, and to reproduce the conditions of the interior of the planets. The laboratory does not have a laser heating system and we occasionally use assemblies installed in other laboratories or during our in-situ campaigns on large instruments.

 

Electro-erosion drill

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Sébastien MERKEL, Julien CHANTEL.

Fast, accurate and centered drilling of metal joints used for diamond cell experiments.

 

Fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Sébastien MERKEL, Julien CHANTEL.

The fluorescence spectrum of the ruby is particularly useful for measuring the pressure applied in a diamond cell. Indeed, the rubies doped with Cr^{3 +} ions emit a spectrum whose lines are shifted with the pressure. Raman spectroscopy probes vibrations in crystals, liquids and glasses. The changes in the spectra induced by the pressure can be interpreted in terms of changes in the arrangement of atoms and the motions of these atoms.

 

Micro digital milling machine

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Julien CHANTEL, Nadège HILAIRET.

This tool allows the production of prototypes or small series of metal or ceramic parts for so-called 'big volume' experiments (piston-cylinder and multi-anvils).

 

Micro-drill

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Sébastien MERKEL, Julien CHANTEL.

Column precision drill, used for part making for so-called 'big volume' experiments (piston-cylinder and multi-anvils).

 

Micromanipulator

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Sébastien MERKEL, Julien CHANTEL.

Allows handling of items smaller than 10µm when preparing diamond cell experiments.

 

Microwave welder under neutral atmosphere

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Julien CHANTEL, Nadège HILAIRET.

Fine welding technique by instant fastening for all metals. Used to hermetically seal the metal capsules of so-called 'big volume' experiments (piston-cylinder and multi-anvils).

 

Piston-cylinder press

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Nadège HILAIRET, Julien CHANTEL.

This press, with a solid confinement medium, allows experiments at pressures up to 4 GPa and temperatures of 1800 ° C, on samples pluri-millimeter to centimetric. This device contributes to the synthesis of innovative materials, the production of materials with controlled compositions and microstructures, the synthesis of synthetic rocks and the sintering of natural or synthetic rocks.

 

Precision tower

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Nadège HILAIRET, Julien CHANTEL.

 

Compact tower with speed variator for machining metal or ceramic parts for so-called 'big volume' experiments (piston-cylinder and multi-anvils).

 

 

Wire saw

Research team: Earth and Planetary Materials.

Contacts: Nadège HILAIRET, Julien CHANTEL.

Precision cutting (lower than 100 µm) of metals, ceramics and samples without destruction or modification of the material.

 

Instruments in charge

Latest scientific contributions in LillOA (Lille Open Archive)

Publications

19. G. Manthilake, J. Chantel, N. Guignot, A. King, The Anomalous Seismic Behavior of Aqueous Fluids Released during Dehydration of Chlorite in Subduction Zones, Minerals 11;1, (2021), [doi: 10.3390/min11010070, LillOA]
18. T. Hammouda, G. Manthilake, P. Goncalves, J. Chantel, J. Guignard, W. Crichton, F. Gaillard, Is There a Global Carbonate Layer in the Oceanic Mantle?, Geophysical Research Letters 48;2, (2020), [doi: 10.1029/2020GL089752, LillOA]
17. A. Zadoia, A. Arevalo Lopez, J. Sánchez-Benítez, M. Huvé, J.-F. Blach, S. Merkel, N. Hilairet, J. Chantel, M. Colmont, High pressure exploration in the Li–Ln–V–O system, Dalton Transactions 49, 13663-13670 (2020), [doi: 10.1039/d0dt02721a, LillOA]
16. Z. Jing, T. Yu, M. Xu, J. Chantel, Y. Wang, High-Pressure Sound Velocity Measurements of Liquids Using In Situ Ultrasonic Techniques in a Multianvil Apparatus, Minerals 10;2, 126 (2020), [doi: 10.3390/min10020126, LillOA]
15. G. Manthilake, J. Chantel, J. Monteux, D. Andrault, M.A. Bouhifd, N. Bolfan-Casanova, E. Boulard, N. Guignot, A. King, J.-P. Itié, Thermal Conductivity of FeS and Its Implications for Mercury's Long‐Sustaining Magnetic Field, Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets 124;9, 2359-2368 (2019), [LillOA]
14. D. Freitas, G. Manthilake, J. Chantel, M.A. Bouhifd, D. Andrault, Simultaneous measurements of electrical conductivity and seismic wave velocity of partially molten geological materials: effect of evolving melt texture, Physics and chemistry of minerals 3, 41 (2019), [doi: 10.1007/s00269-019-01021-5, LillOA]
13. M. Xu, Z. Jing, J. Chantel, P. Jiang, T. Yu, Y. Wang, Ultrasonic Velocity of Diopside Liquid at High Pressure and Temperature: Constraints on Velocity Reduction in the Upper Mantle Due to Partial Melts, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 123, (2018), [doi: 10.1029/2018JB016187, LillOA]
12. J. Chantel, Z. Jing, M. Xu, T. Yu, Y. Wang, Pressure Dependence of the Liquidus and Solidus Temperatures in the Fe-P Binary System Determined by In Situ Ultrasonics: Implications to the Solidification of Fe-P Liquids in Planetary Cores, Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets 174, 181 (2018), [doi: 10.1029/2017JE005376, LillOA]
11. D. Andrault, G. Pesce, G. Manthilake, J. Monteux, N. Bolfan-Casanova, J. Chantel, D. Novella, N. Guignot, A. King, J.-P. Itié, L. Hennet, Deep and persistent melt layer in the Archaean mantle, Nature Geoscience 11, 139-143 (2018), [doi: 10.1038/s41561-017-0053-9, LillOA]
10. D. Freitas, G. Manthilake, F. Schiavi, J. Chantel, N. Bolfan-Casanova, M.A. Bouhifd, D. Andrault, Experimental evidence supporting a global melt layer at the base of the Earth's upper mantle, Nature communications 8, 39 (2017), [doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02275-9, LillOA]
9. J. Chantel, G. Manthilake, D. Andrault, D. Novella, T. Yu, Y. Wang, Experimental evidence supports mantle partial melting in the asthenosphere, Science Advances 2, e1600246-e1600246 (2016), [doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600246, LillOA]
8. J. Chantel, G. Manthilake, D.J. Frost, C. Beyer, T. Boffa Ballaran, Z. Jing, Y. Wang, Elastic wave velocities in polycrystalline Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂-pyrope garnet to 24 GPa and 1300 K, American Mineralogist 101, 991-997 (2016), [doi: 10.2138/am-2016-5335, LillOA]
7. M. Merlini, F. Sapelli, P. Fumagalli, G.D. Gatta, P. Lotti, S. Tumiati, M. Abdellatief, A. Lausi, J. Plaisier, M. Hanfland, W. Crichton, J. Chantel, J. Guignard, C. Meneghini, A. Pavese, S. Poli, High-temperature and high-pressure behavior of carbonates in the ternary diagram CaCO₃ -MgCO₃ -FeCO₃, American Mineralogist 101, 1423-1430 (2016), [doi: 10.2138/am-2016-5458, LillOA]
6. T. Hammouda, J. Chantel, G. Manthilake, J. Guignard, W. Crichton, Hot mantle geotherms stabilize calcic carbonatite magmas up to the surface, Geology 42, 911-914 (2014), [doi: 10.1130/G35778.1, LillOA]
5. T.D. Chheda, M. Mookherjee, D. Mainprice, A.M. Dos Santos, J.J. Molaison, J. Chantel, G. Manthilake, W.A. Bassett, Structure and elasticity of phlogopite under compression: Geophysical implications, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 233, 1-12 (2014), [doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2014.05.004, LillOA]
4. M. Merlini, W. Crichton, J. Chantel, J. Guignard, S. Poli, Evidence of interspersed co-existing CaCO3-III and CaCO3-IIIb structures in polycrystalline CaCO3 at high pressure, Mineralogical Magazine 78, 225-233 (2014), [doi: 10.1180/minmag.2014.078.2.01, LillOA]
3. W. Crichton, M. Merlini, H. Müller, J. Chantel, M. Hanfland, The high-pressure monazite-to-scheelite transformation in CaSeO4, Mineralogical Magazine 76, 913-923 (2012), [doi: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.4.08, LillOA]
2. J. Chantel, D.J. Frost, C.A. Mccammon, Z. Jing, Y. Wang, Acoustic velocities of pure and iron-bearing magnesium silicate perovskite measured to 25 GPa and 1200 K, Geophysical Research Letters 39, L19307 (2012), [doi: 10.1029/2012GL053075, LillOA]
1. J. Chantel, M. Mookherjee, D.J. Frost, The elasticity of lawsonite at high pressure and the origin of low velocity layers in subduction zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 349-350, 116-125 (2012), [doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.034, LillOA]

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Communications

10. J.-P. Gay, E. Ledoux, M. Krug, A. Pakhomova, I. Kupenko, J. Chantel, C. Sanchez-Valle, S. Merkel, Phase Change of Pyrolitic Material: In-situ Transformation and Induced Microstructures at 660 km Depth, Communication dans un congrès sans actes, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Dec 2020 [LillOA]
9. J.-P. Gay, E. Ledoux, M. Krug, A. Pakhomova, I. Kupenko, J. Chantel, C. Sanchez-Valle, S. Merkel, Phase Change of Pyrolitic Material: In-situ Transformation of Ringwoodite to Bridgmanite at 660 km Conditions, Communication dans un congrès sans actes, EMPG (Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry), Potsdam, Allemagne, Mar 2021 [LillOA]
8. T. Mandolini, N. Hilairet, J. Chantel, S. Merkel, Y. Le Godec, N. Guignot, A. King, Microstructural evolution in deforming olivine-serpentine aggregates at subduction zones conditions using in-situ X-ray tomography, Communication dans un congrès sans actes, 17th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG), Online, Allemagne, Mar 2021 [LillOA]
7. N. Hilairet, T. Mandolini, S. Merkel, C. Tomé, J. Chantel, J. Guignard, W. Crichton, Y. Le Godec, Deformation of subduction zones multiphase rocks: in situ, high pressure experiments, Conférence plénière, 17th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG-XVII), Online event, Allemagne, Mar 2021 [LillOA]
6. T. Mandolini, N. Hilairet, J. Chantel, S. Merkel, Y. Le Godec, N. Guignot, A. King, Microstructural evolution in deforming olivine-serpentine aggregates at subduction zones conditions using in-situ X-ray tomography, Communication dans un congrès sans actes, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, Online, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Dec 2020 [LillOA]
5. E. Ledoux, J. Chantel, N. Hilairet, V. Svitlyk, M. Byka, E. Bykova, G. Aprilis, A. Fadel, S. Merkel, In-situ studies of olivine-wadsleyite transformation and related microstructures between 12 to 22 GPa and 1500 to 1700 K, Communication dans un congrès sans actes, 17th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG), Online, Allemagne, Mar 2021 [LillOA]
4. E. Ledoux, J.-P. Gay, K. Matthias, J. Chantel, M. Saki, O. Castelnau, D. Jacob, C. Sanchez-Valle, C. Thomas, S. Speziale, S. Merkel, Olivine to Wadsleyite Transformation in (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 and the 410 km Depth Discontinuity : Experiments and Models, Poster, AGU Fall Meeting 2020, Online event, France, Dec 2020 [LillOA]
3. E. Ledoux, J. Chantel, N. Hilairet, V. Svitlyk, S. Merkel, A. Fadel, Suivi de la transformation de l'olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 aux conditions de la discontinuité à 410 km de profondeur dans le manteau terrestre, Poster, Rayons X et Matière, Nancy, France, Nov 2019 [LillOA]
2. J. Chantel, Z. Jing, M. Xu, T. Yu, Y. Wang, Détermination du diagramme de phase du système Fe-P: Implications pour la solidification des noyaux planétaires, Poster, Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Lille, France, Oct 2018 [LillOA]
1. S. Merkel, E. Ledoux, C. Langrand, A.D. Rosa, J. Chantel, N. Hilairet, Etude expérimentale des interfaces dans le manteau profond, Poster, Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Lille, France, Oct 2018 [LillOA]

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