Abstracts for the 1998 NSLS Activity Report

Projects based on data collected between October 1,1997 and September 30, 1998

 

Pressure (P) and Temperature (T) Dependence of Polycrystalline MgSiO3 Majorite Garnet to P=8.5 GPa and T=1000K in a DIA-type Cubic-Anvil Apparatus Interfaced with Synchrotron X-radiation, by Gabriel D. Gwanmesia (Delaware St. U.), and Baosheng Li, Jun Liu, Kenneth Darling, Ganglin Chen and Robert C. Liebermann, SUNY, Stony Brook

Elastic Properties of Forsterite to 8 GPa and 1273 K from Simultaneous Ultrasonic Measurement and X-ray Diffraction, by Baosheng Li, Jun Liu, Lucy Flesch, and Robert C. Liebermann (SUNY, Stony Brook), Kelly Woody (Middle Tenn. St. U.) and Gabriel D. Gwanmesia (Delaware St. U.)

Elastic Properties of Iron-bearing Wadsleyite at High Pressure and High Temperature, by Baosheng Li, Jun Liu, Robert C. Liebermann, Michael T. Vaughan, and Donald J. Weidner (SUNY Stony Brook)

Elastic and Rheological Properties of Magnesium Oxide at High Pressure and High Temperature, by Baosheng Li, Jun Liu, and Donald J. Weidner (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Elastic Wave Velocities of Pyrope-Majorite Garnets of Py62Mj38 and Py50Mj50 to 8 GPa and 873 K, by Jun Liu, Robert C. Liebermann (SUNY, Stony Brook) and Gabriel D. Gwanmesia (Delaware St. U.)

Compressional and Shear Wave Velocity of MgSiO3 Perovskite to 8 GPa and 1000 K, by Yegor D. Sinelnikov, Jun Liu, Michael T. Vaughan, Donald J. Weidner, and Robert C. Liebermann (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Rheology of San Carlos Olivine at High Pressure and Temperature, by Yujun Wu, Donald J. Weidner, and Michael T. Vaughan (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Modifying a DIA-type Large Volume High Pressure Apparatus with X-ray Diffraction for Rheological Studies, by Yujun Wu, Donald J. Weidner, Hui Zhao, and Yaqin Xu (SUNY Stony Brook)

Deformation Mechanism in Alumina at High Pressure and High Temperature, by Yaqin Xu, Donald J. Weidner, and Michael T. Vaughan (SUNY, Stony Brook)

Room-Temperature Compressibilities of MnO and CdO: A Further Examination of Effects of Different Cation Type on the Bulk Modulus Systematics, by Jianzhong Zhang (SUNY, Stony Brook)