Molten iron in Earth-like exoplanet cores

Youjun Zhang^{1

2}, Jung-Fu Lin³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² International Center for Planetary Science, College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China.
³ Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

Comment

Youjun Zhang et al. Science. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 14;375(6577):146-147.

doi: 10.1126/science.abn2051. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

Youjun Zhang^{1

2}, Jung-Fu Lin³

¹ Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² International Center for Planetary Science, College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China.
³ Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

Abstract

Iron crystallization in super-Earth interiors plays a key role in their habitability.

Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions.
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