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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-181-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-181-2025
Research article
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18 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2025

The thermal expansion of monticellite and olivine

Guy Hovis and Mario Tribaudino

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This paper provides new data on the thermal expansion of the mineral monticellite. Although thermal expansion was already reported in 1978, the data are scant and do not allow us to compare with the new data on olivine, a common mineral. We chose monticellite because it is a mineral slag formed in a blast and ladle furnace, with refractory properties. Moreover, its behaviour matters in predicting the conditions in which a rock was formed.
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