Experimental study and thermodynamic calculations of phase relations in the Fe-C system at high pressure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 408, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-162

  Fei, Yingwei ^a   Brosh, Eli ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Fe C melting; High pressure phase relation; Iron carbon system; Thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

C-SYSTEMS; EARTH'S CORE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE RELATIONS; IRON-CARBON SYSTEMS; PHASE RELATION; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

EID: 84908592529     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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