EPS SCI 233
Mineral Physics and Equation of State
Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Interrelationship of physical properties of rock-forming minerals: optical reflectivity, refraction index, sound velocity, elastic constants, specific heat, and thermal expansivity. Determination of pressure, volume, and temperature relationships and planet-forming compounds. Variation of elastic constants with temperature and pressure. Application of shock-wave experiments to equations of state.
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