Possible thermal and chemical stabilization of body-centered-cubic iron in the Earth's core

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6948, 2003, Pages 536-539

  Vočadlo, Lidunka ^a   Alfè, Dario ^a,b   Gillan, M J ^b   Wood, I G ^a   Brodholt, J P ^a   Price, G David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHEMICAL STABILIZATION;

IRON;

ALLOY; IRON; SILICON; SULFUR;

CORE (PLANETARY); GEOCHEMISTRY; INNER CORE; IRON; P-T CONDITIONS; STABILIZATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0041523868     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01829     Document Type: Article

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