Potassium solubility in metal: The effects of composition at 15 kbar and 1900°C on partitioning between iron alloys and silicate melts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 323-335

  Chabot, Nancy L ^a   Drake, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core; Dynamos; Heat sources; Partition coefficients; Planetary interiors; Potassium

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); HEAT SOURCE; IRON; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 0033373240     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00208-3     Document Type: Article

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