New type of possible high-pressure polymorphism in NiAs minerals in planetary cores

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-193

  Dera, Przemyslaw ^a   Nisar, Jawad ^b   Ahuja, Rajeev ^b,c   Tkachev, Sergey ^a   Prakapenka, Vitali B ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bonding; High pressure; Nickel arsenide structure; NiP; Phase transitions; Planetary cores; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BONDING; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; IRON COMPOUNDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NICKEL-PHOSPHORUS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

COMPLEX PHASE DIAGRAMS; DISPLACIVE PHASE TRANSITIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT) CALCULATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE POLYMORPHISM; PLANETARY CORES; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIDE GROUP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NICKEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMORPHISM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84873202561     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-012-0560-6     Document Type: Article

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