Many properties of planets such as their interior structure and thermal evolution depend on the high-pressure properties of their constituent materials. This paper reviews how crystal structure prediction methodology can help shed light on the transformations materials undergo at the extreme conditions inside planets. The discussion focuses on three areas: (i) the propensity of iron to form compounds with volatile elements at planetary core conditions (important to understand the chemical makeup of Earthʼs inner core), (ii) the chemistry of mixtures of planetary ices (relevant for the mantle regions of giant icy planets), and (iii) examples of mantle minerals. In all cases the abilities and current limitations of crystal structure prediction are discussed across a range of example studies.
Geoscience material structures prediction via CALYPSO methodology
Published 2019 in Chinese Physics B
ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2019
- Venue
Chinese Physics B
- Publication date
2019-09-30
- Fields of study
Materials Science, Physics, Geology
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar
CITATION MAP
EXTRACTION MAP
CLAIMS
- No claims are published for this paper.
CONCEPTS
- No concepts are published for this paper.
REFERENCES
CITED BY
Showing 1-4 of 4 citing papers · Page 1 of 1