In situ observation and determination of liquid immiscibility in the Fe-O-S melt at 3 GPa using a synchrotron X-ray radiographic technique

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Tsuno, Kyusei ^a,b   Terasaki, Hidenori ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Akio ^a   Asahara, Yuki ^c   Nishida, Keisuke ^a   Sakamaki, Tatsuya ^a   Funakoshi, Ken Ichi ^c   Kikegawa, Takumi ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

IMMISCIBILITY GAP; IN SITU OBSERVATION; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON OXIDE; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 35948952383     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030750     Document Type: Article

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