Published September 1979
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Book Section - Chapter
A eutectic in carbon-oxygen white dwarfs?
- Creators
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Stevenson, D. J.
- Other:
- Schatzman, Evry L.
Abstract
When the interior of a white dwarf begins to freeze, the coexisting solid and liquid phases will have different compositions in general. Two models for the carbon-oxygen phase diagram are described. In the more realistic model, a pronounced eutetic is predicted and the solid phase is either pure carbon or pure oxygen. The model predicts that a white dwarf begins to freeze later in its evolution and then cools more slowly.
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© 1980 Société Française de Physique.Additional details
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- 38918
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
- Series Name
- Journal de Physique. Colloque
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- C-2