Molecular dynamics of NaCl (B1 and B2) and MgO (B1) melting: Two-phase simulation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 303-316

  Belonoshko, Anatoly B ^a   Dubrovinsky, Leonid S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MAGNESIA; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL ESTIMATION; TWO-PHASE SIMULATION; VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EQUATION OF STATE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MELTING EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0029730015     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-3-404     Document Type: Article

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