Some copper sulphide minerals recrystallized when heated in a temperature gradient in an argon-sulphur atmosphere, and acicular and lenticular crystals grew down gradient. The crystal composition was determined by the composition of the starting material, temperature, and the sulphur vapour pressure. The purpose of these experiments was to determine: (i) what effect the texture of the surface over which the copper sulphide migrated had upon the diffusing mineral, (ii) what relationship existed between temperature and the weight of the mineral transferred under a constant temperature gradient, (iii) what were the critical factors causing the migration, and, (iv) whether chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) and bornite (Cu5FeS4) would migrate to the same degree under similar conditions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113791 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Thorniley, Brian. H. |
| Contributors | Gill, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Earth Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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