The redox stability of moissanite (SiC) compared with metal-metal oxide buffers at 1773 K and at pressures up to 90kbar

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 279-307

  Ulmer, Gene C ^a   Grandstaff, David E ^a   Woermann, Eduard ^b   Göbbels, Matthias ^b   Schönitz, Mirko ^b,c   Woodland, Alan B ^d,e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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