Jung-Fu Lin with atomic model (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Jung-Fu Lin with atomic model

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Co-lead author Jung-Fu "Afu" Lin holding a model of iron atoms arranged in the hexagonal structure thought to occur in the Earth's inner core. 

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Jung-Fu Lin / UT Jackson School of Geosciences.

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