X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy study of fcc iron hydride FeH at high pressures and implications for the composition of the Earth's core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 409-414

  Narygina, Olga ^a   Dubrovinsky, Leonid S ^a   McCammon, Catherine A ^a   Kurnosov, Alexander ^a   Kantor, Innokenty Yu ^b   Prakapenka, Vitali B ^b   Dubrovinskaia, Natalia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

High pressure; In situ X ray diffraction; Iron hydride; M ssbauer spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH; EARTH'S CORE; EQUATION OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE; IN SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; INNER CORE; IRON HYDRIDE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES;

DIFFRACTION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE (PLANETARY); EQUATION OF STATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; IRON; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; OUTER CORE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79959722049     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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