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High pressures and temperatures in the deep interiors of the giant planets are accessed in the laboratory by shock compression of liquid specimens using a two-stage light-gas gun. Measurements of properties of dense fluids comprising these planets are described and discussed.
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Nellis, W.J., Mitchell, A.C., Holmes, N.C., McCandless, P.C. (1992). Planetary fluids at high shock pressures and temperatures. In: Takayama, K. (eds) Shock Waves. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77648-9_61
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