Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

The Fe-FeSi phase diagram at Mercury’s core conditions

  • E. Edmund,
  • G. Morard,
  • M. A. Baron,
  • A. Rivoldini,
  • S. Yokoo,
  • S. Boccato,
  • K. Hirose,
  • A. Pakhomova,
  • D. Antonangeli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27991-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The iron-silicon phase diagram has been established at the conditions of Mercury’s core. The resulting phase diagram is remarkably complex, and presents an array of new mechanisms which may power Mercury’s inner dynamo.