Table 1 Pressures measured during heating for individual experimental runs, with C, O and M representing cubic (fluorite), orthorhombic (cotunnite) and monoclinic (“post-cotunnite”) phases.

From: Local structure of molten AuGa2 under pressure: Evidence for coordination change and planetary implications

Run #1

Run #2

Run #7

Run #8

Run #9

P(GPa)

T(K)

Phase

P(GPa)

T(K)

Phase

P(GPa)

T(K)

Phase

P(GPa)

T(K)

Phase

P(GPa)

T(K)

Phase

0

295

C

0

295

C

0

295

C

0

295

C

0

295

C

1.5

295

C

7.7

295

C, O

8.8

295

O

10.7

295

C, O

16.2

295

C, M

1.5

473

C

6.3

673

O, C

8

395

O

11

723

O, C

16.2

673

M

1.65

743

C

6.3

723

O

5.5

763

Melt, C

11

803

Melt, O, C

16.2

773

M

1.5

763

C

6.3

773

Melt, C

5.5

773

Melt

11

863

Melt

16.2

930

Melt

1.5

783

C

6.3

783

Melt

         

1.5

803

Melt

            
  1. Uncertainties in pressure and temperature are up to ±2 GPa and ±5 K.
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