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Table 1 Temperature (T), pressure (P) and electrical resistivity (ρ) of pure solid iron

From: Saturation of electrical resistivity of solid iron at Earth’s core conditions

T (K)

P (GPa)

\(\rho\) (\(10^{-6} \,\Omega\hbox{m}\))

6350

365

0.540 (2)

5350

351

0.508 (3)

4350

338

0.437 (3)

3350

326

0.347 (3)

2350

315

0.241 (2)

1850

310

0.191 (2)

1350

306

0.139 (1)

850

301

0.089 (1)

  1. Results are those obtained for systems of 288 atoms, with V = 6.84 Å\(^3\)  and 2 k-points. The reported temperature is the same for both ions and electrons