Metal-silicate partitioning experiments in the diamond anvil cell: A comment on potential analytical errors

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 192-193, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-58

  Wade, Jon ^a   Wood, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical errors; Core formation; Electron microprobe analysis; Metal silicate partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERRORS; CORE FORMATION; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; METAL BALL; METAL-SILICATE PARTITIONING; MICROBEAM ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NI CONTENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PENELOPE; PHOTON TRANSPORT; QUADRIC SURFACES; SECONDARY FLUORESCENCE; SILICATE MATRIX; TRANSPORT CODES;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRONS; ERRORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SILICATES;

METAL ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NICKEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SILICATE;

EID: 84856298379     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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