The equation of state of CsCl-structured FeSi to 40 GPa: Implications for silicon in the Earth's core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-1-14-4

  Dobson, David P ^a   Crichton, Wilson ^b   Bouvier, Pierre ^b   Vočadlo, Lidunka ^c   Wood, Ian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIRCH-MURNAGHAN EQUATIONS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CORE (PLANETARY); ELASTIC PROPERTY; EQUATION OF STATE; IRON SULFIDE; SILICON;

EID: 0038169027     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016228     Document Type: Article

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