10.57647/ijes.2025.16941

High-pressure Experiments in Petrological Researches by Piston-cylinder Device Method

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  • Sofja Viktorovna Banushkina*1,
  • Alexey Anatolyevich Kirdyashkin1,
  • Zoia Friedrichovna Golitsyna1,
  1. V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
High-pressure Experiments in Petrological Researches by Piston-cylinder Device Method

Received: 2024-01-26

Revised: 2024-08-16

Accepted: 2024-09-21

Published in Issue 2025-10-30

Published Online: 2025-06-23

Copyright (c) -1 Sofja Viktorovna Banushkina, Alexey Anatolyevich Kirdyashkin, Zoia Friedrichovna Golitsyna (Author)

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Banushkina, S. V., Kirdyashkin, A. A., & Golitsyna, Z. F. (2025). High-pressure Experiments in Petrological Researches by Piston-cylinder Device Method. Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.57647/ijes.2025.16941
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Abstract

The article describes the method used in experimental petrological studies of rock-forming mineral solid solutions. It describes in detail the concept of initial preparation of the materials. The article presents the description of the piston-cylinder type apparatus used in our experimental studies. Such equipment is suitable for the synthesis of high-pressure phases of the silicate systems with the pressure values up to 4.0 GPa and the temperature up to 1700 °C. The article also presents the details and describes special features of our method of conducting experiments with the piston-cylinder apparatus. To synthesis the phases the obtained homogeneous glasses are used which determine the equability of the substance distribution. It is revealed that the high-pressure cells made of sodium chloride are more suitable then the water-containing and silicate-containing ones usually used in similar experiments. The analytical methods applied to the obtained data analysis are also outlined.

Keywords

  • Petrological experiment,
  • Piston-cylinder,
  • Solid solutions,
  • High-pressure cell,
  • High temperature
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