Reproducibility of electron-microprobe bulk analyses of fine-grained media: A case study using modern bone China

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 239-246

  De Jong, Leah S ^a,b   Owen, J Victor ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gulf Canada Resources Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Electron microprobe; Porcelain; Raster; Statistics; Student's t test

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032703208     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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