Some successful approaches to quantitative mineral analysis as revealed by the 3rd reynolds cup contest

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-760

  Omotoso, Oladipo ^a   McCarty, Douglas K ^b   Hillier, Stephen ^c   Kleeberg, Reinhard ^d  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Pure reference minerals; Quantitative analysis; Reference intensity ratio; Reynolds cup; Rietveld; The clay minerals society; Whole pattern fitting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; ION EXCHANGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PURE REFERENCE MINERALS; QUANTITATIVE MINERAL ANALYSIS; REFERENCE INTENSITY RATIO; REYNOLDS CUP; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; WHOLE-PATTERN FITTING;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846321153     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540609     Document Type: Article

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