A moissanite cell apparatus for optical in situ observation of crystallizing melts at high temperature

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1069-1079

  Schiavi, Federica ^b   Walte, Nicolas ^b   Konsnschak, Alexander ^a,b   Keppler, Hansns ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SILICATE RESEARCH ISC   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization; In situ experiment; Moissanite; Rock textures; Static grain growth

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; POTASH; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SALT DEPOSITS; SILICON CARBIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINED GLASS; TEXTURES;

CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH AND DISSOLUTION; DISSOLUTION OF CRYSTALS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MOISSANITE; ROCK TEXTURES;

GRAIN GROWTH;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELT; MOISSANITE; TEXTURE;

EID: 77957202591     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3379     Document Type: Article

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