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Measurements of thermal expansions of small mineral crystals

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A capacitance micrometer has been developed for the measurement of thermal expansions of small crystals over moderate temperature ranges (approximately 100 K above laboratory temperature). Linear coefficients are obtained to ±0.5×10−6 K−1 and volume coefficients to ±1.5×10−6 K−1. New values are reported for 13 materials, obtained as crystals down to 1 mm in size. For many of these we obtained satisfactory agreement with earlier data, but exceptions are zircon (volume coefficient 6.6±1.6×10−6 K−1, compared with earlier values up to 21×10−6 K−1) and strontium fluoride (volume coefficient 57.9±2.2×10−6 K−1, compared with 42 to 49×10−6 K−1). The new data are combined with values of incompressibility, density and specific heat to obtain new values of Grüneisen's ratio.

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Falzone, A.J., Stacey, F.D. Measurements of thermal expansions of small mineral crystals. Phys Chem Minerals 8, 212–217 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00309480

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