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X-Ray Mass Absorption Coefficients: Measurements and Uses in the Quantitative Diffraction Analysis of Pyrite in Coals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

David L. Wertz ,
Charles B. Smithhart  and
Stacey L. Wertz
David L. Wertz
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Coal Product Research University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 USA
Charles B. Smithhart
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Coal Product Research University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 USA
Stacey L. Wertz
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Coal Product Research University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5043 USA
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The mass absorption coefficient (μ) of a weakly absorbing solid material may be measured by either the transmission or the reflection method. The latter typically employs a crystalline substrate and the diffraction method, measuring the transmission of the diffraction peak(s) of the substrate through the analyte. Compressing or compacting a powdered sample is not required when the reflection method is used.

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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. 475 - 483
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1989

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