Iron silicides at pressures of the earth's inner core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Feiwu ^b   Oganov, Artem R ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICIDES; SILICON;

BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; EARTH'S INNER CORES; EVOLUTIONARY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE PREDICTION; EVOLUTIONARY SIMULATIONS; IRON SILICIDES; LIGHT ELEMENTS; PRESSURE RANGES; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 77953694476     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041224     Document Type: Article

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