Continent-sized anomalous zones with low seismic velocity at the base of Earth's mantle

EJ Garnero, AK McNamara, SH Shim - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Seismic images of Earth's interior reveal two massive anomalous zones at the base of the
mantle, above the core, where seismic waves travel slowly. The mantle materials that …

High-pressure studies with x-rays using diamond anvil cells

G Shen, HK Mao - Reports on progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Pressure profoundly alters all states of matter. The symbiotic development of ultrahigh-
pressure diamond anvil cells, to compress samples to sustainable multi-megabar pressures; …

Mg‐Doped Na4Fe3(PO4)2(P2O7)/C Composite with Enhanced Intercalation Pseudocapacitance for Ultra‐Stable and High‐Rate Sodium‐Ion Storage

F Xiong, J Li, C Zuo, X Zhang, S Tan… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Na4Fe3 (PO4) 2 (P2O7)(NFPP) is considered as a promising cathode material for
sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) due to its low cost, non‐toxicity, and high structural stability, but …

Effects of the electronic spin transitions of iron in lower mantle minerals: Implications for deep mantle geophysics and geochemistry

JF Lin, S Speziale, Z Mao… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We have critically reviewed and discussed currently available information regarding the spin
and valence states of iron in lower mantle minerals and the associated effects of the spin …

A perovskitic lower mantle inferred from high-pressure, high-temperature sound velocity data

M Murakami, Y Ohishi, N Hirao, K Hirose - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The determination of the chemical composition of Earth's lower mantle is a long-standing
challenge in earth science. Accurate knowledge of sound velocities in the lower-mantle …

A detailed model grid for solid planets from 0.1 through 100 Earth masses

L Zeng, D Sasselov - Publications of the Astronomical Society of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This article describes a new grid for the mass–radius relation of three-layer exoplanets
within the mass range of 0.1–100 M⊕. The three layers are: Fe (! epsilon-phase of iron) …

Ultrafast x-ray detection of low-spin iron in molten silicate under deep planetary interior conditions

SH Shim, B Ko, D Sokaras, B Nagler, HJ Lee… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The spin state of Fe can alter the key physical properties of silicate melts, affecting the early
differentiation and the dynamic stability of the melts in the deep rocky planets. The low-spin …

[HTML][HTML] Core formation, mantle differentiation and core-mantle interaction within Earth and the terrestrial planets

RG Trønnes, MA Baron, KR Eigenmann, MG Guren… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The terrestrial planets accreted from a diverse suite of solar system materials ranging from
strongly O-deficient materials similar to enstatite chondrites via ordinary chondrite materials …

Anomalous compressibility of ferropericlase throughout the iron spin cross-over

RM Wentzcovitch, JF Justo, Z Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The thermoelastic properties of ferropericlase Mg1− x Fe x O (x= 0.1875) throughout the iron
high-to-low spin cross-over have been investigated by first principles at Earth's lower mantle …

Elasticity of (Mg, Fe) O through the spin transition of iron in the lower mantle

JC Crowhurst, JM Brown, AF Goncharov, SD Jacobsen - Science, 2008 - science.org
Changes in the electronic configuration of iron at high pressures toward a spin-paired state
within host minerals ferropericlase and silicate perovskite may directly influence the seismic …