Microscopic evidence of a flat melting curve of tantalum

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 69-72

  Ruiz Fuertes, Javier ^a   Karandikar, Amol ^b   Boehler, Reinhard ^b,c   Errandonea, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond anvil cell; High pressure; Laser heating; Melting curve; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE MELTING; LOW MELTING; MELTING CURVES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE DATA;

DIAMONDS; HEATING; MELTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANTALUM; TOOLS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SMELTING;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE; LASER METHOD; MELTING; MICROSCOPY; SHOCK WAVE; TANTALUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

EID: 77953290140     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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