Table 2 Parameters for EAM model fit to FPMD data at several C concentrations and temperatures

From: Constraining Earth’s core composition from inner core nucleation

  

ϵ

a

n

m

\(\dot{C}\)

Fe

 

0.166200 eV

3.471400 Å

5.930000

4.788000

16.550000

FeC

 

0.384726 eV

2.601660 Å

4.380769

4.933012

 

C

 

0.019805 eV

2.311113 Å

9.532860

6.967342

13.880981

  1. Fe values, from Alfè et al.36, are fixed during fitting.
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