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Two-step nucleation of the Earth’s inner core

The Earth's inner core started forming when molten iron cooled below the melting point. However, the nucleation mechanism, which is a necessary step of crystallization, has not been well understood. Recent studies have found that it requires an unrealistic degree of undercooling to nucleate the...

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Autores principales: Sun, Yang, Zhang, Feng, Mendelev, Mikhail I., Wentzcovitch, Renata M., Ho, Kai-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34987099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113059119

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