Effects of Si on the elastic property of Fe at Earth's inner core pressures: First principles study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Tsuchiya, Taku ^a   Fujibuchi, Mika ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elasticity; First principles density functional calculation; Inner core; Iron silicon alloy

Indexed keywords

BCC IRONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITIES; FCC PHASE; FIRST PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDIES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INNER CORE; LIGHT ELEMENTS; P- AND S-WAVES; P-WAVE VELOCITIES; S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SHEAR MODULUS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TEMPERATURE CORRECTIONS; VELOCITY RELATIONS; WAVE VELOCITIES;

ANISOTROPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOLUTION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; IRON ALLOYS; NONMETALS; SHEAR WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; VELOCITY;

SILICON ALLOYS;

ELASTICITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INNER CORE; IRON; SEISMIC WAVE; SILICON; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 67349103887     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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