Carbon in iron phases under high pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Huang, Lunmei ^a   Skorodumova, N V ^a   Belonoshko, A B ^b,c   Johansson, B ^a,b   Ahuja, R ^a,b  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENTHALPY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IMPURITIES; IRON COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUBILITY;

CARBON IMPURITIES; IRON CARBIDE; IRON PHASES;

IRON;

CARBON; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; PHASE TRANSITION;

APOIDEA;

EID: 29344449968     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024187     Document Type: Article

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