Fig. 86: Comparison of the present results (triangles) with shock-waves studies [1] (dotted lines), and with seismic observations (PREM) [2] in the inner core (crosses). Estimation of sound velocities for the inner core conditions (350 GPa and 6000 K) is shown by red hexagons. Thermoelastic properties and aggregate sound velocities of iron were studied up to conditions which correspond to the depth in the Earth interior marked by the red star in inset.

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