Partitioning of si and O between liquid iron and silicate melt: a two-phase ab-initio molecular dynamics study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Yigang ^a   Guo, Guangjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LIQUID METALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILICATES; SILICON ALLOYS; STEELMAKING;

AB INITIO; AB-INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CURRENT ESTIMATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEODYNAMO; INNER CORE GROWTH; LIGHT ELEMENTS; LIQUID IRON; MAGMA OCEAN; OXYGEN CONTENT; SILICATE MELTS;

IRON;

ALLOY; EARLY EARTH; GEODYNAMO; IRON; MAGMA; OXYGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SILICATE MELT; SILICON; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 72149107337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039751     Document Type: Article

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