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Quantifying the effects of nickel on Earth's inner-core nucleation
Jiahui Zhai, Liangrui Wei, Chen Gao +1
The formation of Earth's solid inner core marks a major transition in the thermal and chemical evolution of the deep Earth, yet its origin remains paradoxical, as initial nucleatio…
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Radial gradient of superionic hydrogen in Earth's inner core
Zepeng Wu, Liangrui Wei, Chen Gao +3
Hydrogen is considered a key light element in Earth's core, yet the thermodynamics of its superionic phase and its distribution in the inner core remain unclear. Here, we compute a…