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Microscopic rods in metallurgical slags

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

E. Wearing
E. Wearing*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR
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Abstract

Microscopic rods of wüstite and sulphide phases have been observed within silicate crystals from metallurgical slags. The rods, which are distinct from acicular crystals of accessory minerals, tend to be orientated perpendicular to the faces of the host crystal. These rods, and their constant orientation, are a product of the crystallization environment. It is proposed that they result from saturation of the melt with the relevant phase at the growth front of the silicate crystals. This microstructure is compared with known examples of microscopic rods and tubes in rocks.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 46 , Issue 341 , December 1982 , pp. 441 - 444
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1982

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Present address: 210 Wingrove Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9DD.

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