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Materials science: A soft superionically conducting lower mantle?

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  1. Robert W. Cahn was formerly Professor of Materials Science at Sussex University and Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Paris-Sud, and can be contacted at 6 Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DT.

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Cahn, R. Materials science: A soft superionically conducting lower mantle?. Nature 308, 493–494 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/308493a0

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