EDXRF analysis of pyrochlore ore from an albite-riebeckite granite in Nigeria

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 529-536

  Funtua, Idris Isa ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Albite riebeckite granite; Emission transmission; Energy dispersive x ray fluorescence; Pyrochlore ore

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HARDNESS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALBITE-RIEBECKITE GRANITE; EMISSION-TRANSMISSION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (EDXRF); PYROCHLORE ORES;

GRANITE;

EID: 6344222312     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CI-200029798     Document Type: Article

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