Comparison of two electron probe microanalysis techniques to determine ferric iron in synthetic wustite samples

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Höfer, Heidi E ^a   Weinbruch, Stephan ^b   McCammon, Catherine A ^c   Brey, Gerhard P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPMA; Iron oxide; Speciation; Wustite; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE-COMPONENT SYSTEM; SPECIATION; SPECTROMETER CALIBRATIONS; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS; WUSTITE;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; IRON OXIDE; WUESTITE; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034107284     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0063     Document Type: Article

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