Adventures in Chemical Synthesis: An Oxyhydrogen Torch, Luminous Silica Glass, and Surprise Orthosilicates
Chemical synthesis can be fun! No, really. Doing solid state chemistry[…]
Experimental Petrology In Action: Quenching a TZM-type Pressure Vessel Run at 900 °C and 1,000 bar
A short video of what it looks like to quench an[…]
How To Detect Earthquakes With a SHRIMP Ion Microprobe
On July 21st, 2015 at 2:41:14 local time, a 4.1 magnitude[…]
New Tool for Petrologists: Calculate fO2 Buffer
There’s a simple new excel spreadsheet available on the Tools for[…]
Correction to Glass Density Calc in Tools for Petrologists
I’ve discovered an error in the Glass Density Calc spreadsheet, posted[…]
New Tool For Petrologists: Link to the Giordano Viscosity Model
I’ve discovered another very nifty tool for you all and it’s[…]
New Tool for Petrologists – Glass Density Calc
Yet another update to the Tools for Petrologists page this week[…]
New Tool for Petrologists – Oxide to Element Conversion Tool
I’ve just updated the Tools for Petrologists page with a new[…]
Tools for Petrologists
Over the years, I’ve developed a lot of helpful little tools[…]