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"It would be a sort of melting-point chromoatograph where you'd get different materials melting out at different times." In geology, we do something incredibly
by lightedman 2y ago
"It would be a sort of melting-point chromoatograph where you'd get different materials melting out at different times."
In geology, we do something incredibly similar called the Bowens Reaction Series. Take a bunch of stuff, melt it and cool it, watch what precipitates and crystallizes from the melt in order to determine the overall composition.