Embedded-atom molecular dynamic study of iron melting

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 171-184

  Belonoshko, A B ^a   Ahuja, R ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED ATOM METHOD; IRON; MELTING BEHAVIOUR; THERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031405276     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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