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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
Part I: Solution Properties of Silicate Minerals
1 Ideal Solutions
2 Non-ideal Solutions
3-4 Alkali and Plagioclase Feldspars Solution Models
5 Introduction to Pyroxene Thermometry

Diopside - Enstatite
6 Thermodynamic Properties of Multi-site Mineral Solutions - Homogeneous Equilibria
7 Pyroxene Thermometry II, The Quad
8-9 Spinels, Rhombohedral Oxides and T-ƒO2 Relations Problem set 1 due
Part II: Heterogeneous Equilibria in Geologic Systems
10 Heterogeneous Equilibria in Two- and Three-component Systems
11 Liquidus Diagrams - Liquidus Boundaries
12 Liquidus Diagrams - Degeneracies and Natural Examples
13 Liquidus Diagrams - Thermodynamic Controls on Boundaries
14 Schreinemaker's Analysis - Multi-component Systems
15 Choosing Components - Representations of Composition Space
16 Heterogeneous Reactions - The Gibbs Method
17 Solution Models for Silicate Melts-simple Systems
18 Solution Models for Silicate Melts-multicomponent Systems Problem set 2 due
19 Thermodynamic Models of Multicomponent Systems - MELTS
20 Mixed Volatile Equilibria P-T-XCO2-XH2O