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A Rapid Method for the Determination of Quartz in Sedimentary Rocks by X-Ray Diffraction Incorporating Mass Absorption Correction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. E. Cosgrove  and
A. M. A. Sulaiman
M. E. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Southampton, S09 5NH
A. M. A. Sulaiman
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Southampton, S09 5NH
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Abstract

An X-ray diffraction method for the estimation of quartz is described using rock powder pellets originally prepared for X-ray spectrometry, correcting the X-ray intensities for mass absorption. A coefficient of variation of 3·8% is claimed; 95% of all estimates fall within ± 5·5%.

Type
Research Article
Information
Clay Minerals , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , July 1973 , pp. 51 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1973

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