Silicate

Papers

J. Deng, et al "Melting of MgSiO3 determined by machine learning potentials" Phys. Rev. B 107, 064103 (2023): phase transitions of silicates using DPMD
J.E. Kessler-Silacci, et al “Probing Protoplanetary Disks with Silicate Emission: Where Is the Silicate Emission Zone?,” ApJ 659(1), 680 (2007).: correlation between grain size (probed by 10 um silicate feature and 11.3/9.8 um flux ratios) and luminosity
R. van Boekel, et al. “The building blocks of planets within the ‘terrestrial’ region of protoplanetary disks,” Nature 432(7016), 479–482 (2004).: crystalline silicate in observations of protoplanetary disks.
- Crystallization of silicate occur before any terrestrial planets are formed.