New Hugoniot data on single crystal diopside, CaMgSi206 (Di), suggest that transformation to a high-pressure thermomechanical state begins at ---50 GPa and is complete above 100 GPa, in agreement with other pyroxenes and silicates of geophysical interest. Comparison of the new high pressure phase (HPP) data for Di and salite, CaMg0.82Fe0.•8Si206 (Sa) with appropriate mixed oxide and perovskite ...

diopside  has  been  successfully  prepared  by  a  modified  sol-gel method.optimization  in calcination temperature and mechanical ball milling  resulted  in  a  pure  and  nano-sized  powder  which characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy (sem), x-ray diffraction (xrd), transmission electron microscopy (tem) and fourier  transform  infrared  spectroscopy  (ft–ir). we  hypothesi...

Steady-state dissolution rates of diopside are measured as a function of solution saturation state using a titanium flow-through reactor at pH 7.5 and temperature ranging from 125 to 175 degrees C. Diopside dissolved stoichiometrically under all experimental conditions and rates were not dependent on sample history. At each temperature, rates continuously decreased by two orders of magnitude as...

The aim of this research was to reconstruct vegetation changes (with climate inferences) that occurred during the Holocene in the Fernando de Noronha Island, Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil. The research approach included the use of geochemical (mineralogy, elemental), carbon isotopes (delta13C, 14C) and pollen analyses in soil organic matter (SOM) and sediments collected in Lagoa da Vira...

Oxygen fugacity has been calculated for rutile–ilmenite assemblages from the reaction 2Fe2O3 (in ilmenite) C 4TiO2 (rutile) D 4FeTiO3 (in ilmenite) C O2. The equation log f O2 D 22:59 25925=T 3:09 log T C 0:0016535P C 48:836P=T 4 log a FeTiO3 C 2 log a Fe2O3 C 4 log a TiO2 , where T is in kelvin and P is in kbar, was derived from available thermodynamic data. The hypothetical end-member rutile–...

Diopside-anorthite glass-ceramics were prepared by direct sintering with extracted titanium slag (ETS), coal fly ash (CFA) and quartz sand (SA), the effect of temperature (1120–1180°C) SiO2/Al2O3 ratio (1.85–2.63) on phase transitions, physical characteristics microstructure was examined adding CFA (28.5–40%) SA (0–12.5%) to ETS (60%). The results revealed that have a substantial impact process...