Sample
Name
Quartz beta Brazil
Date
2012-01-01
Parent sample
Quartz alpha Brazil
Thickness
7.5 $mm$
Diameter
7.5 $mm$
Surface roughness
polished
Sample changes
Disappearance of spectral bands by change of modification
Comments
11x8x7.5mm
Temperature
928.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$
Temperature max
928.0 $K$
Type
ambient air
Fluid pressure
1000.0 $mbar$
Title
Beta-quartz formation by heating from natural alpha-quartz

Precursors

Samples

Produced sample

Sample
Quartz beta Brazil (this sample)
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 on parent sample 2012-01-01 thermal heating parent sample in-situ inside the spectrometer up to 928K Structure change of quartz from alpha to beta