A new statistical approach for determining the crystallinity of heat-altered bone mineral from FTIR spectra

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 416-422

  Thompson, T J U ^a   Islam, M ^a   Bonniere, M ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Crystallinity index; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy; LDA; PCA

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRYSTALLINITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867910103     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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