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The accuracy of X-ray diffraction methods for determining mineral mixtures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Covadonga Brime
Covadonga Brime*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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Abstract

An X-ray diffraction method has been successfully applied to the quantitative determination of mineral mixtures. The absorptive properties of the samples and the number of components determine the analytical procedure to be used. The methods described (external standard plus empirical determination of the mass attenuation coefficient) provides an accurate and rapid alternative to the direct measurement of the mass attenuation, Compton diffusion or internal standard methods. The relative accuracy obtained is of the order of 10% at the 0.1% level, independent of the sample composition.

Keywords

X-ray diffractionmineral mixturesmass attenuation coefficient
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 49 , Issue 353 , September 1985 , pp. 531 - 538
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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