The case for a body-centered cubic phase (α′) for iron at inner core conditions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-62

  Matsui, Masanori ^a   Anderson, Orson L ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's inner core; Iron; Molecular dynamics method; Shock compression experiments

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE; IRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHOCK COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031407642     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(97)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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