Thermoelastic property and high-pressure stability of Fe7C 3: Implication for iron-carbide in the Earth's core

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1158-1165

  Nakajima, Yoichi ^a,b   Takahashi, Eiichi ^a   Sata, Nagayoshi ^c   Nishihara, Yu ^d   Hirose, Kei ^a,c   Funakoshi, Ken Ichi ^e   Ohishi, Yasuo ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth's inner core; Equation of state; In situ XRD measurement

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; ELASTIC MODULI; EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EARTH'S INNER CORES; EQUATION OF STATE; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; IN-SITU XRD MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE DERIVATIVE OF BULK MODULUS; PRESSURE-VOLUME-TEMPERATURES; THERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BULK MODULUS; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INNER CORE; IRON; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; THERMOELASTICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79960528183     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3703     Document Type: Article

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