Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part II. Experimental evaluation and development of a protocol for quantitative analysis of mineral IR spectra

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 765-778

  Kovács, István ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   O'Neill, Hugh St C ^a   Gerald, John Fitz ^a   Sambridge, Malcolm ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Absorbance spectroscopy; Calcite; Infrared spectroscopy; Nominally anhydrous minerals; Olivine; Topaz; Unpolarized light

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OLIVINE; TOPAZ;

ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; NOMINALLY ANHYDROUS MINERALS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMLY ORIENTED GRAINS; UNPOLARIZED LIGHT; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORBANCE; CALCITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; POLARIZATION; TOPAZ;

EID: 41749096525     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2656     Document Type: Article

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