Sound velocity in iron carbide (Fe3C) at high pressure: Implications for the carbon content of the Earth's inner core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Fiquet, Guillaume ^a   Badro, James ^a   Gregoryanz, Eugene ^b   Fei, Yingwei ^c   Occelli, Florent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Cohenite; Core; High pressure; Mineral physics; Sound velocities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ALLOYS; CARBIDES; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; VELOCITY; X RAY SCATTERING;

COHENITE; CORE; HIGH PRESSURE; MINERAL PHYSICS; SOUND VELOCITIES;

IRON ALLOYS;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ALLOY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; IRON; PRESSURE EFFECT; SCATTERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 57649104090     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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