Calculation of temperature - oxygen fugacity tables for H₂-CO₂ gas mixtures at one atmosphere total pressure, and an investigation of the zoisite-clinozoisite transition

Part I: Calculation of Temperature - Oxygen Fugacity Tables for H₂ - CO₂ Gas Mixtures at One Atmosphere Total Pressure. The initial CO₂ volumes yielding selected oxygen fugacities at specified temperatures have been computed for H₂ - CO₂ gas mixtures at one atmosphere total pressure. The calculations are based on the thermochemical data of the JANAF (1971) Tables for the species CO₂-H₂-H₂O-CO-O₂-CH₄ and are carried out using the Newton-Raphson method of successive approximation. The new tables replace older ones (Dienes, Nafziger, Ulmer and Woermann, 1974) in which the effects of CH₄ on the system were treated only in an approximate manner. Part II: An Investigation of the Zoisite - Clinozoisite Transition Available data on natural coexisting zoisite - clinozoisite (Ca₂Al_3-xFe_x[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH) with x ≤ 0.33) assemblages imply that the two phases are related by a solid solution transition loop, with zoisite being the low-iron, high-temperature, high-pressure phase. Reversibility experiments at 6500 bars constrain the iron-free equilibrium clinozoisite zoisite to lie below 407°C. Electron microprobe and single crystal x-ray diffraction studies of epitactically related zoisite-clinozoisite crystals grown from seeded mixtures of anorthite, calcite, hematite and silica glass at 6500 bars and 650°C are shown to bracket the transition loop between Pistacite 3.2 (Ca₂Al_2.90Fe_0.10Si₃O₁₂(OH)) and Pistacite 12.6 (Ca₂Al_2.62Fe_0.38Si₃O₁₂(OH)). Experimental techniques used in this investigation, which focus on detalied analysis of single crystals, offer promise as a means for determining equilibrium phase relations of epidotes and other frequently zoned mineral groups.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geological Sciences

Department dc:contributor.department

Geological Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1978

Author dc:creator

• Prunier, Arthur R.

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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en

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/74143

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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/74143