Formation of ammonia–helium compounds at high pressure

Helium is generally considered too inert to be present in giant ice planet mantles. The authors, by first-principles calculations and crystal structure searches, find stable ammonia–helium compounds at the conditions of Uranus and Neptune’s upper mantles, with possible implications in the planet com...

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Main Authors: Jingming Shi, Wenwen Cui, Jian Hao, Meiling Xu, Xianlong Wang, Yinwei Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16835-z