Journey to the Center of the Earth: Exploring High Pressure
Abstract
The deeper we go into the Earth, the higher the pressure. At the pressures found within the center of our planet, minerals do not simply compress. Pressure dramatically alters all materials properties, in the process creating numerous novel phases not found on the surface. This lecture will describe how we simulate the conditions found in planetary interiors in the lab, what kinds of new behavior we find, and how these observations can explain what is going on within the Earth. High pressure explorations also lead to discoveries of novel materials with potential for practical applications in our low-pressure, environment.
- Authors:
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Science; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1014091
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SLAC Public Lecture Series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, presented on September 29, 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; FERMILAB ACCELERATOR; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SLAC; HIGH PRESSURE; X-RAY MICROSCOPE; EARTH'S CORE; PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Citation Formats
Mao, Wendy. Journey to the Center of the Earth: Exploring High Pressure. United States: N. p., 2009.
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