A molecular dynamics study of bulk and shear viscosity of liquid iron using embedded-atom potential

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 164-169

  Zhang, Y ^a   Guo, G ^a   Nie, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; IRON; LIQUID; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034008470     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002690050004     Document Type: Article

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