Earth's inner core is predominantly composed of solid iron (Fe) and displays intriguing
properties such as strong shear softening and an ultrahigh Poisson's ratio. Insofar, physical …

Current estimates of the budget and distribution of water in the Earth have large
uncertainties, most of which are due to the lack of information about the deep Earth. Recent …

Despite extensive shock wave and static compression experiments and corresponding
theoretical work, consensus on the crystal structure and the melt boundary of Fe at Earth's …

FeO is a crucial component of the Earth's core, and its thermodynamic properties are
essential to developing more accurate core models. It is also a notorious correlated insulator …

We performed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations for pressures and temperatures from
300–5000 GPa and 3000–30 000 K in order to determine the equation of state of solid and …

The Earth's core consists of iron as the major component. The melting point of iron at the
inner core boundary constrains the thermal structure and solidification of the Earth's core …

The high-pressure and high-temperature phase diagram of chromium has been investigated
both experimentally (in situ), using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell technique coupled with …

Noble gas isotopes in plumes require a source of primitive volatiles largely isolated in the
Earth for 4.5 Gyrs. Among the proposed reservoirs, the core is gaining interest in the …

Geophysical and geochemical evidence suggests that Earth's core is predominantly made of
iron (or iron-nickel alloy) with several percent of light elements. However, Earth's solid inner …

We describe the construction of a wide-ranged multiphase equation of state for elemental
iron, consisting of four solid phases and one fluid phase. The free-energy models for the …