Micro-PIXE analysis of trace element concentrations of natural rubies from different locations in Myanmar

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 682-686

  Sanchez, J L ^a   Osipowicz, T ^a   Tang, S M ^a   Tay, T S ^b   Win, T T ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Far East Gemological Lab   (Singapore)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GEOLOGY; MICROANALYSIS; PROTONS; RUBY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); X RAY ANALYSIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTON INDUCED X RAY EMISSION (PIXE) ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0031548929     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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