Figure 6
Diffraction spectra of h.c.p. and orthorhombic iron recorded at 100 GPa in an SiO2 pressure-transmitting medium (denoted by Sti). The 101 Bragg line of ∊-iron (bottom spectrum) was truncated for clarity (intensity up to 20000 counts). The top spectrum was recorded after laser heating at ∼2500 K. It clearly shows the splitting of the 100 and 101 ∊-iron lines, thus providing evidence of the phase transition towards the orthorhombic phase (after Andrault et al., 1997). |