Quantitative analyses of powdered multi-minerallic carbonate aggregates using a portable raman spectrometer

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 401-409

  Kristova, Petra ^a   Hopkpkinson, Laurence ^a   Rutt, Ken ^a   Hunter, Hazel ^b   Cressey, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Portable; Quantification; Quaternary mixtures; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; CARBONATES; MAGNESITE; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; CARBONATE AGGREGATES; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECT; PORTABLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION; QUANTIFICATION; QUATERNARY MIXTURES;

MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; DOLOMITE; MAGNESITE; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84874434850     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4305     Document Type: Article

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