[G-03] Geoscience education from elementary school to university students

[G03-04] Demonstration of the serpentinite dehydration at a laboratory in school

*Soichi Omori¹, Yukinobu Katsumata² (1.The Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, 2.Natural and Environmental Sciences Program, The Open University of Japan)

Keywords:hydrous mineral, serpentinite, dehydration reaction, labo experiment

We report an experimental method to demonstrate the serpentine dehydration reaction at a laboratory in school. The aim of this study is illustrating the H₂O cycle between the surface environment and the mantle via hydrous minerals.