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Science 18 February 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5456, pp. 1250 - 1253
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5456.1250
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Density of Phonon States in Iron at High Pressure

R. Lübbers, 1 H. F. Grünsteudel, 2 A. I. Chumakov, 2 G. Wortmann 1*

The lattice dynamics of the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) phase of iron was studied with nuclear inelastic absorption of synchrotron radiation at pressures from 20 to 42 gigapascals. A variety of thermodynamic parameters were derived from the measured density of phonon states for hcp iron, such as Debye temperatures, Grüneisen parameter, mean sound velocities, and the lattice contribution to entropy and specific heat. The results are of geophysical interest, because hcp iron is considered to be a major component of Earth's inner core.

1 Fachbereich Physik, University of Paderborn, D-33095 Paderborn, Germany.
2 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Boite Postal 220, F-38043 Grenoble, France.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wo_gw{at}physik.uni-paderborn.de

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