Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992pcmo.work...26j&link_type=abstract
In its Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of Magma Oceans from 1 Bar to 4 Mbar p 26-27 (SEE N92-28587 19-46)
Physics
High Temperature, Impact Melts, Magma, Meteoritic Damage, Planetary Craters, Planetary Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Glass, Heat Of Fusion, Rare Gases, Reaction Kinetics, Silicon Dioxide
Scientific paper
The existence of 'totally molten' planets implies the existence of a superheat (excess of heat) in the magma reservoirs since the heat buffer (i.e., presence of crystals having high latent heat of fusion) does not exist in a large, completely molten reservoir. Any addition of impacting material results in increase of the temperature of the melt and under favorable circumstances heat is stored. The behavior of superheat melts is little understood; therefore, we experimentally examined properties and behavior of excess heat melts at atmospheric pressures and inert gas atmosphere. Highly siliceous melts (70 percent SiO2) were chosen for the experiments because of the possibility of quenching such melts into glasses, the slow rate of reaction in highly siliceous composition, and the fact that such melts are present in terrestrial impact craters and impact-generated glasses. Results from the investigation are presented.
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