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Structure and motifs of iron oxides from 1 to 3 TPa
Feng Zheng, Yang Sun, Renhai Wang +7
Iron oxides are fundamental components of planet-forming materials. Understanding the Fe-O system's behavior and properties under high pressure can help us identify many new phases…
Iron-rich Fe-O compounds with closest-packed layers at core pressures
Jin Liu, Yang Sun, Chaojia Lv +7
Oxygen solubility in solid iron is extremely low, even at high pressures and temperatures. Thus far, no Fe-O compounds between Fe and FeO endmembers have been reported experimental…
Two-step nucleation of the Earth's inner core
Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, Mikhail I. Mendelev +2
It has long been assumed the Earth's solid inner core started to grow when molten iron cooled to its melting point. However, the nucleation mechanism, which is a necessary step of…
Unconventional iron-magnesium compounds at terapascal pressures
Yimei Fang, Yang Sun, Renhai Wang +5
Being a lithophile element at ambient pressure, magnesium is long believed to be immiscible with iron. A recent study by Gao et al. [1] showed that pressure turns magnesium into a…
Prediction of crystal structures and motifs in the Fe-Mg-O system at Earth's core pressures
Renhai Wang, Yang Sun, Renata M. Wentzcovitch +6
Fe, Mg, and O are among the most abundant elements in terrestrial planets. While the behavior of the Fe-O, Mg-O, and Fe-Mg binary systems under pressure have been investigated, the…