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Robert M. Hazen
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BIOGRAPHY

Staff Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C. Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Author of The New Alchemists: Breaking Through the Barriers of High Pressure and others.

Primary Contributions (1)
Three compression mechanisms in crystals.
High-pressure phenomena, changes in physical, chemical, and structural characteristics that matter undergoes when subjected to high pressure. Pressure thus serves as a versatile tool in materials research, and it is especially important in the investigation of the rocks and minerals that form the…
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