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Fig. 14

From: Iron snow, crystal floats, and inner-core growth: modes of core solidification and implications for dynamos in terrestrial planets and moons

Fig. 14

Evolution of crystallization regimes in Ganymede’s core. Evolution of the core state for four bulk core sulfur contents and CI chondritic heat production. The model with 4 wt.% sulfur passes through a period with an Earth-like core evolution prior to beginning precipitation of Fe snow. With increasing sulfur content, crystallization starts later because of the lower melting temperature and commences directly with Fe snow until a solid inner core starts to grow (after Hauck et al. 2006)

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