Phase relations of iron and iron-nickel alloys up to 300 GPa: Implications for composition and structure of the Earth's inner core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 379-385

  Kuwayama, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Hirose, Kei ^a,b   Sata, Nagayoshi ^a   Ohishi, Yasuo ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

diamond anvil cell; high pressure; inner core; iron; iron nickel alloy; phase transition

Indexed keywords

BCC PHASES; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EARTH'S CORE; FCC PHASE; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; IRON; IRON-NICKEL ALLOY; IRON-NICKEL ALLOYS; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND-ANVIL CELLS; LIQUID TRIPLE POINT; PHASE RELATIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON CONTENTS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION; TEMPERATURE-COMPOSITION;

ALLOYS; DIAMONDS; IRON ALLOYS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NICKEL; NONMETALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE STABILITY; SILICON;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; IRON; NICKEL; PHASE TRANSITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 49849095846     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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