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Iron melting temperature and phase stability under nuclear-like conditions shed light on Earth’s geodynamics
Laser-driven impact phenomena in iron at high-power laser facilities (HPLF). X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was used to determine the melting temperature and microstructure of iron at pressures relevant to geosciences. Credit: Jean-Alexis Hernandez, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Iron is one of the major elements found in the Earth’s inner core, which is characterized by extremely high temperatures and pressures. Therefore,…
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