Table 2 Pressures, temperatures and initial atomic number densities used for EPSR simulations.

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

P (GPa)

T(K)

Crystal phase-to-melt

Au Coordination

(n AuGa )

Atomic number density (atoms/Å3)

0

300

Cubic fluorite-type

8

0.0535*

1.5

803

Cubic fluorite-type

8

0.0547

6.3

823

Orthorhombic+Cubic

8–9

0.0577

5.5

863

Orthorhombic cotunnite

9

0.0571

11

863

Orthorhombic cotunnite

9

0.0595

16.2

938

Monoclinic “post-cotunnite”

~10

0.0615

  1. *Amorphous (glass) state at ambient conditions: data from literature7.
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