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Alumina Characterization by XRF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Frank R. Feret
Frank R. Feret*
Affiliation:
Alcan International Limited Arvida Research and Development Centre Jonquiere, Quebec, Canada G7S 4K8
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One of the most important properties that characterizes alumina is its elemental composition. Although XRF has been applied to the analysis of aluminas for the past three decades, special aluminas have always presented a maj or challenge. Moreover, only recently did it become possible to analyze for light elements such as Na. Two new sample preparation techniques for elemental analysis of aluminas by XRF were developed. One is based on briquetted powders, another involves fused samples. Their advantages and limitations will be presented. In the case of fusion one analytical program was applied to aII types of aluminas, The performance of each method will be discussed.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 33: Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 31 - August 4, 1989 , 1989 , pp. 685 - 690
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1989

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