An evaluation of the effect of copper on the estimation of sulfur fugacity (fS2) from pyrrhotite composition

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1163-1169

  Mengason, Michael J ^a   Piccoli, Philip M ^a   Candela, Philip ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; COPPER CONCENTRATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; EPMA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PHASE COMPONENT; PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS; SEPARATE CHAMBER; SILICA ROD; SILICA TUBES; TOULMIN;

ESTIMATION; IRON ORES; OXYGEN; SILICA; SULFUR; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

COPPER;

BORNITE; COPPER; FUGACITY; MAGNETITE; PYRRHOTITE; SULFUR;

EID: 78751510245     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1163     Document Type: Article

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