AX is a program which takes mineral analyses in the form of either oxide weight percent or as cations per formula unit and calculates the activities of the mineral endmembers useful for thermodynamic computations. Errors are propagated from the probe data to the final activities. This program is designed for users wanting approximate activities to use for thermo-barometric calculations, and does not use very sophisticated models (output for each mineral phase lists the assumptions made in each calculation).
Versions available:
The Mac and Windows executables, sample input files and documentation explaining the use of the program are available by anonymous FTP to rock.esc.cam.ac.uk, where the files can be found in the directory pub/minp/AX.
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