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Table 2 Material properties

From: Impact-induced melting during accretion of the Earth

Parameter

Dunite

Iron

\( {E}_m^0 \)

9.0 MJ/kg (Pierazzo et al. 1997)

10 MJ/kg (Pierazzo et al. 1997)

C p

1300 J/kg/K (Clauser 2011)

449 J/kg/K (Lide 1995)

L m

718 kJ/kg (Navrotsky 1995)

247 kJ/kg (Lide 1995)

T l0

1950 K (Liebske and Frost 2012)

1811 K (Aitta 2006)

dT l /dP (P < 60 GPa)

28.3 K/GPa (Liebske and Frost 2012)

17.2 K/GPa (Aitta 2006)

dT l /dP (P > 60 GPa)

14.0 K/GPa (Liebske and Frost 2012)

17.2 K/GPa (Aitta 2006)