Thermodynamics from first principles: Temperature and composition of the Earth's core

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Alfe D ^a   Gillan, M J ^a   Price, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's core; First principles calculations; Inner core boundary (ICB); Iron; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPOSITION; EARTH (PLANET); FREE ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CORE COMPOSITION;

CORE ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; IRON; MELTING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037292861     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461026610089     Document Type: Article

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