Abstract
A pressure vessel and furnace system were designed for rapid-quench operation while maintaining the advantages of sample size and hydrostatic loading inherent in an internally heated, Ar-medium vessel (IHPV). The rapid quench is achieved using the quench-wire technique common to atmospheric pressure quench furnaces; the sample capsules fall from their position in the furnace hot spot into room-temperature Ar gas at the bottom of the vessel chamber. The quench rate is several hundred degrees Celsius per second compared to a rate of about 3°C/s in conventional IHPVs. -from Authors
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 643-646 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | American Mineralogist |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1992 |
Keywords
- argon
- experimental mineralogy
- internally heated pressure vessel
- quench rate