Experiments

Experimental work

Experimental setup at the hydrothermal laboratory of the Chair of Resource Mineralogy (Montanuniversity Leoben)

Maximum conditions: 700 C and 1 GPa

Autoclave: Rene 41 (Ni-Cr-Co-Mo alloy)

Pressure medium: Argon

Cold-seal pressure vessels

Pressure transducers

Heise dial gauge (700 MPa)

External furnace

Internal thermocouple (NiCr-Ni, Type K)

Images of the laboratory

Autoclave assemblage

Technical details

Preparation capsules

Publications

Bakker RJ (2017) Re-equilibration processes in fluid inclusion assemblages. Minerals, v. 7(7), 117.

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Bakker RJ, Doppler G (2016) Salinity and density modifications of synthetic H2O and H2O-NaCl fluid inclusions in re-equilibration experiments at constant temperature and confining pressure. Chemical Geology, v. 424, 73-85.

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Doppler G, Bakker RJ, (2014) The influence of the alpha-beta phase transition of quartz on fluid inclusions during re-equilibration experiments. Lithos, v. 198-199, 14-23.

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Baumgartner M , Bakker RJ, Doppler G (2014) Re-equilibration of natural H2O-CO2-NaCl-rich fluid inclusions in quartz. Part 1: experiments in pure water at constant pressures and differential pressures at 600 C. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 168:1017

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Alpeiner Scharte, Tauern Window, Austria

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Doppler G, Bakker RJ, Baumgartner M (2013) Fluid inclusion modification by H2O and D2O diffusion: the influence of inclusion depth, size and shape in re-equilibration experiments. Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 165, 1259-1274.

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Bakker RJ, Baumgartner M (2012) Unexpected phase assemblages in inclusions with ternary H2O-salt fluids at low temperatures. Central European Journal of Geosciences, v. 4, 225-237.

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Baumgartner M, Bakker RJ (2010) Raman spectra of ice and salt hydrates in synthetic fluid inclusions. Chemical Geology, vol. 275, 58-66.

Fig. 1. Ice at -190 C

Fig. 3. Hydrohalite at -190 C

Fig. 4. Antarcticite at -190 C

Baumgartner M, Bakker RJ (2009) CaCl2-hydrate nucleation in synthetic fluid inclusions. Chemical Geology, vol. 265, 335-344.

Fig. 8. Bischofite at -190 C

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Baumgartner M, Bakker RJ (2009) Raman spectroscopy of pure H2O and NaCl-H2O containing synthetic fluid inclusions in quartz - a study of polarization effects. Mineralogy and Petrology,vol. 95, 1-15.

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position peak1 = 3222.8 + 1.62*salinity(mass%)

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Bakker RJ, Diamond LW (2006) Estimation of volume fractions of liquid and vapor phases in fluid inclusions, and definition of inclusions shape. American Mineralogist, v.91, 635-657.

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Bakker RJ (2004) Raman spectra of fluid and crystal mixtures in the systems H2O, H2O-NaCl and H2O-MgCl2 at low temperatures: application to fluid inclusion research. Canadian Mineralogist, v. 42, 1283-1314.

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Dubessy J, Moissette A, Bakker RJ, Frantz J, Zhang YG (1999) High temperature Raman spectroscopic study of H2O-CO2-CH4 mixtures in synthetic fluid inclusions: first insights on molecular interactions and analytical implications. European Journal of Mineralogy, v. 11, 23-32.

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Bakker RJ, Jansen JBH (1994) A mechanism for preferential H2O leakage from fluid inclusions in quartz, based on TEM observations. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 116, 7-20.

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Bakker RJ, Jansen JBH (1991) Experimental post-entrapment water loss from synthetic CO2-H2O inclusions in natural quartz. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 55, 2215-2230