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Dynamic tracking of mica breakdown reactions with electrochemical measurements

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The breakdown of hydrous minerals involves multiple reactions of dehydration and often oxidation of ferric iron. Such reactions are important in mantle metasomatism, metamorphic petrology and material sciences. Here we track these reactions dynamically over the temperature range from 400° to 1100° C using Y-doped ZrO2 sensors in a novel manner, comparable to differential thermal analyses. This contrasts to the conventional use of ZrO2 cells in equilibrium electrochemical measurements for oxygen fugacity.

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  1. Dorothee J. M. Burkhard

    Present address: University of Marburg, Institute for Mineralogy, D-35032, Marburg, Germany

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  1. Utrecht University, Institute for Earth Sciences, NL-3508, TA Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Dorothee J. M. Burkhard

  2. Department of Geology, Temple University, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Gene C. Ulmer

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Burkhard, D.J.M., Ulmer, G.C. Dynamic tracking of mica breakdown reactions with electrochemical measurements. Phys Chem Minerals 22, 507–510 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209376

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