Eutectic temperatures and melting relations in the Fe-O-S system at high pressures and temperatures

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Tsuno, Kyusei ^a,b   Ohtani, Eiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core; High pressure; Iron; Mars; Oxygen; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR; SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL); TERNARY ALLOYS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AMBIENT PRESSURES; BINARY SYSTEMS; CORE; EUTECTIC LIQUIDS; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURES; HIGH PRESSURES; HIGH-PRESSURE; ISOTHERMAL SECTIONS; MARS; MAXIMUM VALUES; OXYGEN CONTENTS; OXYGEN SOLUBILITIES; PRESSURE RANGES; S SYSTEMS; SOLID PHASIS; SUBSOLIDUS PHASE RELATIONS; SULFUR CONTENTS;

EUTECTICS;

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; MARS; MELTING; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR;

EID: 58049199383     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-008-0254-2     Document Type: Article

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