Assessment of the use of Raman spectroscopy for the determination of amphibole asbestos

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-465

  Rinaudo, C ^a   Belluso, E ^b   Gastaldi, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Raman spectroscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMOSITES; TREMOLITE;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ASBESTOS;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; MINERALOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 4444366235     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046830197     Document Type: Article

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