Density of Sodium Aluminosilicate Melts Along the NaAlSiO4-NaAlSi3O8 Join at High Pressure: In-Situ Measurements and Re-Calibration of a Modified Hard-Sphere Equation of State For Silicate Melts

Xu, Man, Zhicheng Jing, James A. Van Orman, Qingyang Hu, Qi Chen, Tony Yu, and Yanbin Wang. “Density of sodium aluminosilicate melts along the NaAlSiO4‐NaAlSi3O8 join at high pressure: In‐situ measurements and re‐calibration of a modified hard‐sphere equation of state for silicate melts.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 131, no. 2 (2026): e2025JB033223. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JB033223 […]

Coherence 2026 Conference

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NSF SEES is pleased to offer a limited number of travel awards to Coherence 2026. https://conferences.union.wisc.edu/coherence Abstract Submission and Registration for Coherence 2026 are now open! Coherence 2026 will be held June 21-25, 2026 on the beautiful University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in Madison, WI, USA. The conference features exciting presentations on the development of optical […]

A simple wire-coil resistive heater for high temperature radial x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell

Armstrong, K., Hamilton, S. G., Keane, J., Gombart, J. S., Kunz, M., Tolbert, S. H., and Williams, Q. “A simple wire-coil resistive heater for high temperature radial x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell.” Review of Scientific Instruments 97 (2026): 013905. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/97/1/013905/3377348/A-simple-wire-coil-resistive-heater-for-high?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation

Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation

Noda, M., Gwanmesia, G. D., Whitaker, M. L., Chen, H., Inoue, T., Sakamoto, N., and Yurimoto, H. “Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation.” American Mineralogist 111 (2026): 128137. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article/111/1/128/654502/Elasticity-of-Mg2SiO4-containing-1-2-wt-H2O-to-10