On the use of X-ray powder diffraction for determining low levels of chrysotile asbestos in gypsum-based bulk materials: Use of a synchrotron source

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Hrijac, Joseph A ^a   Eylem, Cahit ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a   Sabatini, Robert ^a   Petrakis, Leonidas ^a   Hu, Ruizhong ^b   Block, Jacob ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b W R GRACE AND CO CONN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Quantitative analysis; Synchrotron XRD

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ASBESTOS; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHRYSOTILE; EDETIC ACID; SERPENTINE; VERMICULITE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STANDARD; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030959754     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(97)00320-6     Document Type: Article

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