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Table 2 Experimental conditions and results of this study

From: The sound velocity of wüstite at high pressures: implications for low-velocity anomalies at the base of the lower mantle

Run No.

Pressure [GPa]

Temperature [K]

Density [g/cm3]

VP [km/s]

VS [km/s]

IXS220

4.1 (2)

300

5.61 (3)

6.56 (16)

3.16 (19)

IXS193

45.6 (41)

300

6.81 (2)

8.57 (11)

4.52 (21)

IXS228

103.9 (23)

300

7.93 (5)

10.14 (16)

5.25 (19)

IXS182

51.1 (3)

1700 (200)

6.75 (1)

7.99 (17)

3.61 (21)

IXS179

59.4 (3)

1700 (200)

6.94 (1)

8.53 (37)

4.18 (40)

IXS227

112.3 (11)

1700 (200)

7.90 (1)

9.86 (15)

4.74 (18)

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