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A miniclave for experiments up to 4 kbar and 1200 °C used to study REE-carbonate glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. P. Jones
Affiliation:
School of Geological Sciences, Kingston Polytechnic, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, England KT1 2EE
S. Maaloe
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, 5014 Bergen, Norway

Abstract

Glasses quenched from synthetic REE-carbonatite liquids in recent Tuttle bomb experiments require fast cooling rates. To study these glasses further, an internally-heated miniclave has been developed to increase quench rates and extend the operating P-T range of standard Tuttle bombs. The Haskel miniclave can achieve simultaneous P and T of up to 1200°C at 4 kbar for small diameter (1–2 mm) samples. Gas (Argon) pressure is supplied by a small intensifier unit and heating by an internal platinum-wound furnace. Because of the relatively small thermal mass, run temperatures can be reached within a few minutes and quench rates approach those of solid media apparatus.

Type
Recent Developments in Experimental Petrology and Mineralogy
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1988

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