Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Thermodynamics of diamond formation from hydrocarbon mixtures in planets

  • Bingqing Cheng,
  • Sebastien Hamel,
  • Mandy Bethkenhagen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36841-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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This study combines computational chemistry and machine learning to provide insight on whether diamonds can form inside ice giants. This can help explain the dichotomy of Uranus and Neptune.