Melting curve of aluminum in a diamond cell to 0.8 Mbar: Implications for iron

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Boehler, Reinhard ^a   Ross, Marvin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Iron; Melting; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM; IRON; MELTING BEHAVIOUR; P/T CONDITION;

EID: 0031416976     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00188-x     Document Type: Article

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