In situ measurement of interfacial tension of Fe-S and Fe-P liquids under high pressure using X-ray radiography and tomography techniques

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Terasaki, H ^a   Urakawa, S ^b   Funakoshi, K ^c   Nishiyama, N ^d   Wang, Y ^d   Nishida, K ^a   Sakamaki, T ^a   Suzuki, A ^a   Ohtani, E ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; High pressure; Interfacial tension; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; CORE FORMATION; CORE FORMATION PROCESS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURES; HIGH PRESSURE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; INTERFACIAL TENSION; LIGHT ELEMENTS; LIQUID IRONS; MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS; SESSILE DROP METHODS; SILICATE MELTS; SULPHUR CONTENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DROPS; IRON; IRON ALLOYS; LIQUID METALS; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOLOGY; SILICATES; STEELMAKING; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ALLOY; CORE (PLANETARY); HIGH PRESSURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PHOSPHORUS; PRESSURE EFFECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SILICATE MELT; SULFUR; TENSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67349271152     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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