MELTS Worked Example part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Karl Wirth, Macalester College and Rachel Teasdale, California State University, Chico This example demonstrates each step for using the Java Applet MELTS (more on MELTS web Java Applet ). Most steps also show ...

"Classical" Thermobarometry part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Donna Whitney, University of Minnesota Thermobarometry is the quantitative determination of the temperature and pressure at which a metamorphic or igneous rock reached chemical equilibrium. The term ...

Ternary Phase Diagrams part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Click on an image or the link in the caption, and a PDF file of the diagram will download to your computer. Some of the PDF files are animations -- they contain more than one page that can be shown in sequence to ...

Fundamental Thermodynamic Calculations part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Dexter Perkins (University of North Dakota), Andrea Koziol (University of Dayton), John Brady (Smith College) The basis for calculating a reaction curve (a curve/line on a phase diagram) is the understanding that ...

THERMOCALC: P-T Pseudosections part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Julie Baldwin, University of Montana Programs The programs that allow you do these calculations and produce graphical output are: THERMOCALC—the 'thermodynamic calculator' DRAWPD—takes output from ...

Different Kinds of Reactions part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Dave Hirsch, Western Washington University Examples of phase diagrams and reactions in jpg, pdf and animated-pdf format are available. A 5 page summary (Acrobat (PDF) 158kB Aug1 07) of this information is ...

Plotting Mineral Compositions, and Chemographic Projections part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
John Brady (Smith College) and Cam Davidson (Carleton College) Minerals and rocks have chemical compositions that comprise some of the most important data for phase equilibria studies. Important relationships ...

Pseudosections part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Dave Hirsch, Western Washington University, Julie Baldwin, University of Montana, and Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota What is a Pseudosection? A pseudosection, also called an equilibrium phase diagram, ...

Phase Diagrams (and Pseudosections) for Petrologists part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Compiled by Dexter Perkins (University of North Dakota) and John Brady (Smith College) Standard phase diagrams are graphical representations of the equilibrium relationships between minerals (or others phases). ...

Thermodynamics part of Integrating Research and Education:Teaching Phase Equilibria
Dexter Perkins (University of North Dakota), Andrea Koziol (University of Dayton), John Brady (Smith College) A short (13 page)summary (Acrobat (PDF) 212kB Nov11 07) (including several of the most significant ...