High pressure and temperature electrical resistivity of iron and implications for planetary cores

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-37

  Deng, Liwei ^a,b   Seagle, Christopher ^a,c,d   Fei, Yingwei ^a   Shahar, Anat ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; POLYCRYSTALLINE IRON; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; HEAT FLUX; IRON;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HEAT FLUX; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; MERCURY (PLANET); PLANETARY LANDFORM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84874880381     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054347     Document Type: Article

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