A high-temperature gas-mixing furnace for experimental petrology

在实验室中进行高温高压实验，使我们能够重现地球内部发生的情况。将天然火成岩和变质岩的矿物学、结构和成分与实验室生产的岩石进行比较，使我们能够确定现在地表岩石形成的条件。然而，为了实现这一目标，我们需要可靠的高温炉，能够再现并长时间保持自然发生的条件。这一建议是为购买这样一个熔炉的资金。这个熔炉将促进研究和学生培训，在广泛的主题。其中包括：㈠调查火山爆发之前和火山爆发期间地壳内部的活动过程; ㈡确定地幔内部的状况; ㈢追踪岩浆矿床的形成; ㈣确定火山脱气对环境的影响。

Performing experiments in the lab at high-temperatures and pressures allows us to re-create the conditions that occur within the Earth. Comparison of the mineralogy, textures and compositions of natural igneous and metamorphic rocks with those produced in the lab allows us to determine the conditions under which rocks now at the surface formed. However, to achieve this we need reliable high-temperature furnaces that are capable of reproducing, and maintaining for extended periods, naturally occurring conditions. This proposal is for funds to purchase such a furnace. This furnace will facilitate research, and student training, across a broad range of topics. These include: (i) investigating the processes operating within the crust immediately before, and during volcanic eruptions; (ii) determining the conditions within Earth's mantle; (iii) tracking the formation of magmatic ore deposits; and (iv) determining the environmental impact of volcanic degassing.