Hydrogen partitioning into molten iron at high pressure: Implications for earth's core

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5344, 1997, Pages 1781-1784

  Okuchi, Takuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SILICATE;

HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROGEN; IRON; OUTER CORE; PARTITIONING; SILICATE MELT;

ASTRONOMY; DIFFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030720086     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1781     Document Type: Review

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31. The author thanks E. Takahashi for discussion and criticism, for reading and correcting this report, and for help and advice in the high-pressure experiments. Critical reviews by two anonymous referees improved this manuscript very much. Supported by the Foundation for Research Fellowships of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (DC1). Contribution 17 from the Magma Factory.