Light elements in the core: Effects of impurities on the phase diagram of iron

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Côté, Alexander S ^a   Vačadlo, Lidunka ^a   Brodholt, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRON; OXYGEN; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILICON; SULFUR;

BODY-CENTERED-CUBIC; CLOSE-PACKED STRUCTURE; LIGHT ELEMENTS;

CORE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INNER CORE; IRON; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

APOIDEA;

EID: 41449092149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032788     Document Type: Article

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