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Platinum-iron alloy sample containers for melting experiments on iron-bearing rocks, minerals, and related systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. E. Ford
C. E. Ford*
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH 9 3JW
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Summary

A method of producing platinum-iron alloy sample containers has been developed that allows experiments to be carried out on iron- and volatile-bearing systems with minimal net exchange of iron between the sample and its container. Preliminary experiments carried out using these containers in the temperature range from 1100 °C to 1250 °C and at pressures up to 10 kb over periods of up to 75 hours produced an average iron loss of 10% to 16% (as FeO) compared with more than 50% FeO loss obtained using pure platinum containers. A more judicious choice of alloy composition would reduce this loss still further.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 42 , Issue 322 , June 1978 , pp. 271 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1978

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