Hydrothermal Laboratory
The
hydrothermal laboratory contains equipment to reproduce the pressures
and temperatures existing to mid-crustal depths. It contains two
extraction-quench sampling bombs which permit withdrawal of solution
during the progress of a run to pressures of 3 kbar and 750 oC. These
are used extensively to determine mineral solubilities in crustal
fluids. There are also 10 cold-seal reaction vessels capable of 4
kbar at 700 oC to look at mineral-mineral transformations in the
crust and undertake mineral synthesis reactions. Also available are
1 atm furnaces that can be used to temperatures of 1400 oC.
Contact Us
Those interested in services provided by the Hydrothermal Laboratory should contact:
John Walther
Email: walther@smu.edu