by carscat | Nov 18, 2020 | Science Highlights
Delayed compression is among the leading causes of long-term deterioration in granular systems, especially when it is mediated by the action of pore fluids. This time-dependent process is often classified as ‘creep’, a term conveying time-dependence without specifying...
by carscat | Nov 18, 2020 | Science Highlights
The availability of natural gas hydrates and the continuing increase in energy demand, motivated researchers to consider gas hydrates as a future source of energy. Fundamental understanding of hydrate dissociation kinetics is essential to improve techniques of gas...
by carscat | Nov 16, 2020 | News and Announcements
The GSECARS 13 IDD DAC program successfully ran 140 mail-in DACs and 10 ambient samples. They received (and returned!) 36 boxes of DAC samples. Users report that running experiments remotely with mail-in samples resulted in excellent data and was deemed a great...
by carscat | Oct 29, 2020 | News and Announcements, Workshops and Outreach
Dr. Mark Rivers at GSECARS hosts a virtual hands-on tutorial sessions on synchrotron computed microtomography. This event included an introductory lecture on synchrotron radiation and computed microtomography. There was then a tour of the 13-BM-D experimental station...
by carscat | Oct 19, 2020 | Science Highlights
The structural chemistry of carbonates under mantle conditions facilitates our understanding of carbon recycling pathways in the earth’s interior. It also has impacts on the dynamics of mantle–slab interactions. Aragonite is a common calcium carbonate mineral in...
