An ab initio study of S-substituted iron-nickel-silicon alloy at the Earth's inner core pressure

High Pressure Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-441

  Mattesini, M ^a   Buforn, E ^a   Udias, A ^a   Vitos, L ^b,c,d   Ahuja, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CPA; DFT; Earth's core composition; EMTO; FeNiSSi alloys; High pressure

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOLUTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CPA; DFT; EARTH'S CORE COMPOSITION; EMTO; FENISSI ALLOYS; HIGH-PRESSURE;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 57649229728     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957950802497323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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