The effect of silicon impurities on the phase diagram of iron and possible implications for the Earth's core structure

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2177-2181

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Alloys; C. Ab initio calculations; D. Crystal structure; D. Equations of state; D. Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

A. ALLOYS; C. AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; D. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; D. EQUATIONS-OF-STATE; D. PHASE TRANSITIONS;

SILICON;

EID: 43549113786     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2008.03.031     Document Type: Article

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