Abstract
<i>In situ</i> high-temperature visible microspectroscopy has been developed in order to study color change kinetics of volcanic materials. Olivine thin sections put on a synthetic alumina plate are heated on a heating stage at 600–800 °C under a visible microspectroscope. Changes in visible absorption spectra are monitored every 60 s for 5 hours. The obtained high-temperature visible spectra showed a gradual increase with time in absorbance in the shorter wavelength region (400–600 nm). The 430 nm absorbance (ligand field transition of Fe<sup>3+</sup>) increased more with time at higher temperatures. Assuming diffusional transport in plane sheets, apparent diffusion coefficients were determined at temperatures of 600–800 °C. The activation energy for this diffusion in olivine is 208 ± 17 kJ/mol. This activation energy value is similar to those for the metal vacancy diffusion in olivine. This newly developed <i>in situ</i> high-temperature visible microspectroscopy can provide kinetic measurements of visible spectral change of materials at high temperatures such as volcanic materials.
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