Eutectic melting in the system Fe-S to 44 GPa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Chudinovskikh, Liudmila ^a   Boehler, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

high pressure; iron; melting

Indexed keywords

IN SITU MELT DETECTION; MULTI-ANVIL MEASUREMENTS;

IRON; LASER HEATING; MELTING; MELTING POINT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

EUTECTICS;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; MELTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

EID: 34247108642     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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