Mineral physics of iron and of the core

Orson L. Anderson

Center for Physics and Chemistry of Planets, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Los Angeles

• Introduction
• Highlights in Experimental Techniques
• New Phases of Iron and First Principles Calculations
• The Phase Diagram of Pure Iron and Extrapolations to the Value of (330)
• Anisotropy of the Inner Core
• Impurities in the Outer and Inner Core
• The Core-Mantle Boundary Temperature Jump
• The Shear Constants of Iron and the Core
• The Grüneisen Ratio,
• Specific Heat, and , of the Core
• Thermal Expansivity, , for the Core
• Heat Flow at the IC-OC Boundary
• Viscosity
• References
• Appendix A. Notation
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations