In this thesis the possibility of modelling mineral reactions using relatively low-melting point materials is studied. The model materials considered were assumed to be more reactive than the minerals, but behaved similarly under suitably reduced physico-chemical conditions. A review of the literature of the sciences related to geology, especially salt chemistry, glaciology, metallurgy, ceramics and glass technology revealed that many cheap and readily available substances could be used as model materials. The "model structures" of the silicates, the fluoberyllates, were also investigated. Twenty simple physico-chemical modelling experiments concerning crystallization, recrystallization, solution, melting and deformation were performed. These experiments utilized alums, salts, iodine, and inert and reactive markers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115134 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Katz, Michael. |
| Contributors | Saull, V. (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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