Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
The simple case of a homogeneous planet without first-order phase transitions is considered and an investigation is conducted concerning a pure hydrogen planet in which a first-order phase transition takes place from fluid molecular hydrogen to fluid metallic hydrogen. Attention is also given to convection in the presence of a compositional gradient, the effects of helium insolubility in a cooling hydrogen-helium planet, a hydrogen-helium planet in its early evolution, and the case in which influence of phase transition occurs much later in the evolution of the planet.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 35; Oct. 197
Format:
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