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Measuring strains in geologically important hydrous minerals
We request 4 days of beam-time on ENGIN-X to measure the elastic behaviour of polycrystalline samples of gypsum, antigorite, and talc as a function of uniaxial load. All three... -
Rheological properties of ice-rock mixtures
The large icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn are denser than pure water-ice and so must contain "rock" contaminants that can greatly affect each moon's geological (and hence... -
The influence of texture on mechanical twinning in calcite
We request 3 days of beam-time on ENGIN-X to investigate the influence of lattice preferred orientation on the onset of mechanical twinning in polycrystalline calcite (CaCO3)... -
Exploring the potential of neutron diffraction methods for examining the mech...
We request 2 days of beamtime on ENGIN-X to obtain neutron diffraction data as a function of uniaxial load on two different shale gas mudstones. Both the multiphase character... -
Does elastic twinning play a role in the thermal expansion behaviour of polyc...
We request two days of beam-time on POLARIS to obtain high resolution measurements of the thermal expansion of dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2]. The experiment forms part of a larger... -
Effect of grain size on stress partitioning within plastically deforming two ...
We request 4 days of beamtime on ENGIN-X to measure the influence of relative grain size on stress partitioning between the constituent phases in two phase polycrystalline... -
Measuring strains in low-symmetry, crystal-chemically complex, hydrous minerals
We request 4 days of beam-time on ENGIN-X to measure the development of elastic strains in geologically important minerals as a function of uniaxial load. We wish to perform... -
Investigation of the impact of mechanical twinning on the thermal expansion b...
We request three days of beam-time on POLARIS to investigate the influence of thermally-induced twinning on the thermal expansion behaviour of polycrystalline calcite.... -
Effect of grain size on stress partitioning within plastically deforming two ...
We request 5 days of beamtime on ENGIN-X to continue our investigation into the influence of relative grain size on stress partitioning between the constituent phases in two...