Getting started video tutorial

Interface controls

1. •Action buttons (Start/Stop, Clear display)
   

2. •Popup menus
   

3. •T, P grid specification
   

4. •Phase color configuration
   

Popover dialog boxes

1. •Phase detail popover
   

2. •Grid cell configuration popover
   

3. •Composition popover
   

Constraint dialog box

1. •Phase inclusion/suppression options
   

Grid overlay displays

1. •Contour plot
   

2. •Phase diagram
   

3. •Overlay display configuration panel
   

4. •Contour plot variable selection panel
   

Printing and exporting results (see File menu)

1. •Print grid display
   

2. •Print grid summary
   

3. •Export to XML (compatible with MS Excel)
   

Menus

1. •PhasePlot
   

2. •File
   

3. •View
   

User preferences

1. •General
   

2. •Advanced
   

Additional video demos

1. •Contour diagrams, the ternary minimum, MELTS calculations on the Bishop Tuff
   

2. •Mantle melting with pMELTS: peridotite compared to pyroxenite
   

3. •Mantle melting with pMELTS: dry versus wet peridotite
   

4. •Deep mantle melting using the Stixrude & Lithgow-Bertelloni database
   

Status messages

Future features

How to cite results of calculations

PhasePlot is a computational thermodynamics software package for visualizing equilibrium phase relations in application to the Earth and other silicate planetary bodies. 

PhasePlot finds use in both teaching and research. 

The program determines abundances and compositions of solid and liquid phases based upon several thermodynamic data/model collections, including the work Ghiorso and colleagues (MELTS and pMELTS) on magmatic systems and the work of Stixrude and Lithgow-Bertelloni on phase relations in silicate systems at high pressure.

The objective of PhasePlot is rapid visualization of equilibrium phase relations with the aim of promoting a deeper understanding of complex multicomponent systems and the utility of computational thermodynamics in broadening our appreciation of the natural world.  The goal of PhasePlot is to create a computational environment that stimulates thinking about phase equilibria and its applications to natural systems, without the burden and distraction associated with  the mechanics of performing these calculations. PhasePlot is a sophisticated calculator for the researcher and student of high-temperature phase equilibria.