An ab initio study of the relative stabilities and equations of state of Fe3S polymorphs

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 813-817

  Martin, P ^a   Vocadlo L ^b   Alfe D ^b   Price, G D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Fe3S polymorph; Mars; Non magnetic data

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELASTIC MODULI; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTHERMS; MAGNETISM;

GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL CACULATIONS;

POLYMERS;

CORE (PLANETARY); EQUATION OF STATE; IRON SULFIDE; MARS; MINERALOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 11144328292     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046850221     Document Type: Article

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