Pulsed electrical melting of transition metals in diamond anvil cells: a new probe to determine the Earth’s core temperature

Zachary M Geballe1, Nicholas Holtgrewe2, Eran Greenberg2, Vitali Prakapenka2 and Alexander F Goncharov3, (1)Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of Chicago, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, Chicago, IL, United States, (3)Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, Washington, DC, United States