The solubility of rhenium in silicate melts: implications for the geochemical properties of rhenium at high temperatures

Ertel, W; O'Neill, Hugh; Sylvester, Paul; Dingwell, D B; Spettel, B

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The solubility of rhenium in silicate melts: implications for the geochemical properties of rhenium at high temperatures

Date

2001

Authors

Ertel, W

O'Neill, Hugh

Sylvester, Paul

Dingwell, D B

Spettel, B

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

The solubility of rhenium (Re) in a haplobasaltic melt (anorthite-diopside eutectic composition) has been experimentally determined using the mechanically assisted equilibration technique at 1400°C as a function of oxygen fugacity (10-12 < fO2 ≤ 10-7 b