Figure 1 (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Figure 1

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The compressional velocity of pure iron at high pressure as determined in the present work (blue symbols) compared to the highest previous determination using these methods (open symbol) and to the known relation of the inner core determined from seismic observations (dashed red line with stars).

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Daijo Ikuta

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