Fields
Mineral Physics
Mineral physics investigates the physical and thermodynamic properties of minerals under extreme pressure and temperature conditions corresponding to planetary interiors.
Details
- Avg Funding
- $680K
- Key Technologies
- Diamond Anvil CellMulti-Anvil PressSynchrotron X-Ray Diffraction at High PressureVISAR Shock CompressionFirst-Principles DFT for Minerals
- Subfields
- High-Pressure Phase TransitionsEquation-of-State DeterminationMantle Mineral ElasticityExperimental PetrologyPlanetary Core Materials
- Top Institutions
- University of BayreuthCarnegie Institution for ScienceUniversity of California BerkeleyETH ZürichUniversity of Chicago