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The Limiting Contents of Fluorine and Water in Highly Differentiated Granite Melts

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The content of water was estimated in acid aluminosilicate and brine aluminofluoride melts in equilibrium. The solubility of water reaches 7–8 wt % in a silicate melt and 15–19 wt % in an aluminofluoride melt. The maximum concentration of fluorine in an aluminosilicate melt increases with increasing water content in the system.

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    Ya. O. Alferyeva, T. I. Shchekina & E. N. Gramenitskii

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Original Russian Text © Ya.O. Alferyeva, T.I. Shchekina, E.N. Gramenitskii, 2018, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Seriya 4: Geologiya, 2018, No. 3, pp. 70–76.

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Alferyeva, Y.O., Shchekina, T.I. & Gramenitskii, E.N. The Limiting Contents of Fluorine and Water in Highly Differentiated Granite Melts. Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 73, 390–396 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875218040026

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