Properties of Planetary Fluids at High Shock Pressures and Temperatures

Nellis, W. J.; Mitchell, A. C.; Holmes, N. C.; McCandless, P. C.

doi:10.1029/gm067p0387

Title: Properties of Planetary Fluids at High Shock Pressures and Temperatures

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Geophysical Monograph (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/gm067p0387· OSTI ID:5947167

Nellis, W. J. ^[1]; Mitchell, A. C. ^[1]; Holmes, N. C. ^[1]; McCandless, P. C. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Models of the interiors of Uranus and Neptune are discussed. Pressures and temperatures in the interiors can be achieved in representative constituent molecular fluids by shock compression. Experimental techniques are described and recent results for synthetic Uranus and hydrogen are discussed.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48; W 16.180

OSTI ID:: 5947167

Report Number(s):: UCRL-JC-106880; CONF-910196-1; ON: DE91011195; CNN: W16.180

Journal Information:: Geophysical Monograph (Online), Conference: 4. U.S. Japan Seminar on High Pressure Research in Mineral Physics: Applications to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ise (Japan), 15-18 Jan 1991; ISSN 2328-8779

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Shock temperature measurements of planetary ices: NH ₃ , CH ₄ , and ‘‘synthetic Uranus’’ Radousky, H. B.; Mitchell, A. C.; Nellis, W. J. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 93, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.459302	journal	December 1990
Interior Structure of Neptune: Comparison with Uranus Hubbard, W. B.; Nellis, W. J.; Mitchell, A. C. Science, Vol. 253, Issue 5020 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.253.5020.648	journal	August 1991
Magnetic Fields at Uranus Ness, N. F.; Acuna, M. H.; Behannon, K. W. Science, Vol. 233, Issue 4759 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.233.4759.85	journal	July 1986
Electrical conductivity and equation of state of shock‐compressed liquid oxygen Hamilton, D. C.; Nellis, W. J.; Mitchell, A. C. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 88, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.454657	journal	April 1988
Band Gap Closure and Metallization of Molecular Solid Hydrogen García, A.; Barbee, T. W.; Cohen, M. L. Europhysics Letters (EPL), Vol. 13, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/13/4/011	journal	October 1990
Optimized Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus interior models Hubbard, W. B.; Marley, Mark S. Icarus, Vol. 78, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(89)90072-9	journal	March 1989
Diagnostic system of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory two‐stage light‐gas gun Mitchell, A. C.; Nellis, W. J. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 52, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1136602	journal	March 1981
A statistical mechanical theory of chemically reacting multiphase mixtures: Application to the detonation properties of PETN Ree, Francis H. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.447811	journal	August 1984
Magnetic Fields at Neptune Ness, N. F.; Acuna, M. H.; Burlaga, L. F. Science, Vol. 246, Issue 4936 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.246.4936.1473	journal	December 1989
Structure and evolution of Uranus and Neptune Hubbard, W. B.; MacFarlane, J. J. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 85, Issue B1 https://doi.org/10.1029/JB085iB01p00225	journal	January 1980
The Nature of the Interior of Uranus Based on Studies of Planetary Ices at High Dynamic Pressure Nellis, W. J.; Hamilton, D. C.; Holmes, N. C. Science, Vol. 240, Issue 4853 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.240.4853.779	journal	May 1988
The rotation rate of Uranus, its internal structure, and the process of planetary accretion Podolak, M.; Reynolds, R. T. Icarus, Vol. 70, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(87)90072-8	journal	April 1987
Hydromagnetic constraints on deep zonal flow in the giant planets Kirk, R. L.; Stevenson, D. J. The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 316 https://doi.org/10.1086/165248	journal	May 1987
Equation‐of‐state data for molecular hydrogen and deuterium at shock pressures in the range 2–76 GPa (20–760 kbar) ^a) Nellis, W. J.; Mitchell, A. C.; van Thiel, M. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 79, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.445938	journal	August 1983
Shock compression of liquid argon, nitrogen, and oxygen to 90 GPa (900 kbar) Nellis, W. J.; Mitchell, A. C. The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 73, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.440105	journal	December 1980
Planetary magnetic fields Stevenson, D. J. Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 46, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/46/5/001	journal	May 1983
Metallization of solid hydrogen at megabar pressures: A first-principles quasiparticle study Chacham, Hélio; Louie, Steven G. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 66, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.64	journal	January 1991

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