An ab initio study of nickel substitution into iron

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 147-152

  Vočadlo, Lidunka ^a   Dobson, David P ^a   Wood, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ab initio simulation; Earth's inner core; iron nickel alloy; phase stability

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; NICKEL; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

EARTH INNER CORE; IRON-NICKEL ALLOY; PHASE STABILITY;

IRON ALLOYS;

EQUATION OF STATE; INNER CORE; IRON; NICKEL; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 33746482866     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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