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Thermodynamics of Rock-Forming Crystalline Solutions

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saxena, S. K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1973, 1973
Edition:1st ed. 1973
Series:Minerals, Rocks and Mountains
Subjects:
Mineralogy
Thermodynamics
Geochemistry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • and Acknowledgements
  • I. Thermodynamic Relations in Crystalline Solutions
  • 1. Crystalline Solutions
  • 2. Choice of a Chemical Component
  • 3. General Properties of Solutions
  • II. Thermodynamic Models for Crystalline Solutions
  • 1. Regular Solution Model
  • 2. General Relations for Binary, Ternary, and Quaternary Nonideal Crystalline Solutions
  • III. Thermodynamic Stability of a Solution
  • 1. Critical Mixing
  • 2. General Conditions
  • 3. Spinodal Decomposition
  • 4. Critical Mixing in Quasi-Chemical Approximation
  • 5. Immiscibility in Ternary Crystalline Solutions
  • 6. Formation of Miscibility Gaps in a Ternary Simple Mixture
  • 7. Formation of Miscibility Gap in Asymmetric Ternary Solutions
  • 8. Immiscibility in Mineral Systems
  • IV. Composition of Coexisting Phases
  • 1. Ideal Solution Model
  • 2. Nonideal Solutions
  • 3. Distribution of a Cation between Two or More Multicomponent Minerals
  • 4. Composition of Coexisting Minerals and Chemical Equilibrium in Igneous Rocks
  • 5. Physico-Chemical Conditions of Formation of Mineral Assemblages as Inferred from Composition of Coexisting Phases
  • 6. Stability of Orthopyroxene
  • 7. Distribution of Trace Elements
  • V. Measurement of Component Activity Using Composition of Coexisting Minerals
  • 1. Compositional Data Available on a Complete Distribution Isotherm
  • 2. Composition Data on a Complete Distribution Isotherm and the Activity-Composition Relation in One of the Two Coexisting Phases
  • 3. Examples of Calculations
  • VI. Measurement of Component Activities by Analysis of Two-Phase Data
  • 1. Symmetrical Mixtures
  • 2. Asymmetrical Solutions
  • 3. Example of Calculation of Functions of Mixing: The CaWO4-SrWO4 System
  • 4. Coexisting Phases with Different Crystal Structures
  • VII. Order-Disorder in Silicates
  • 1. Order-Disorder and theCrystalline Solution Models
  • 2. Intracrystalline Ion Exchange and Site Activities
  • 3. Thermodynamic Functions of Mixing
  • 4. Kinetics of Order-Disorder
  • VIII. Pyroxene Crystalline Solution
  • 1. Orthopyroxene
  • 2. Calcic Pyroxenes
  • IX. Olivine Crystalline Solution
  • 1. Bowen and Schairer’s Data
  • 2. Fe-Mg Olivines at 1200°C
  • 3. The System Monticellite (CaMgSiO 4)-Forsterite (Mg2SiO4)
  • X. Feldspar Crystalline Solution
  • 1. Order-Disorder
  • 2. Long-Range Ordering Parameters and the Calculation of Al Site-occupancy from Crystal-structural Data
  • 3. Ideal Configurational Entropy
  • 4. Thermodynamic Functions of Mixing in Binary Feldspars
  • XI. Crystalline Solutions and Geothermometry
  • 1. Intercrystalline Equilibria
  • 2. Order-Disorder
  • 3. Other Geothermometers
  • Appendix: Computer Programs for Calculation of Thermodynamic Functions of Mixing in Crystalline Solutions
  • References

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