The wax can be re-used lots of times so it's a useful resource that you can keep ready.
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Monday, 30 September 2013
How to model igneous processes using wax and sand
The wax can be re-used lots of times so it's a useful resource that you can keep ready.
This is one of many innovative ideas, all free to download from our website.
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A very popular demonstration with students. This year I combined this ELI with Partial Melting (ELI #82) and created a mixed layer of pebbles and wax below the sand. Students were thus able to see that it is not necessary to have a completely molten layer to generate magmas.
Several phenomena we observed this year included, small puffs of 'magma' rising from the vent, so we ended up with small balls of wax floating on the water. The other larger vent demonstrated a rather complex intrusive body beneath the surface flow.
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