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LABORATORY FOR MINERALOGY
cod. 06633

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Mineralogia (GEO/06)
Field
Ambito mineralogico-petrografico e geochimico-geofisico
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Learning objectives

To cover propaedeutic concepts on analyses of rock minerals.

Prerequisites

It is recommended that the student has followed the course in Mineralogy.

Course unit content

Generation and nature of X-rays. Crystal diffraction: Laue and Bragg equations. Powder diffraction: principles and applications. Diffractometry equations for powders of Debye and Bragg: principles of use (recognition of minerals). Geometry notes of Debye and of Bragg-Brentano. The reciprocal lattice and the reflection sphere. The intensity of diffraction and the structure factor. Single crystal diffractometry, 4-circle diffractometric and photographic methods. Limits of optical microscopy and principles of electronic transmission microscopy. Techniques of analyses of minerals: electronic microprobe and fluorescence. Analyical volume, ZAF corrections and analytical problems. In addition, exercises will be carried out on the issues of the course.

Full programme

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Bibliography

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Klein, C. Mineralogia, (2004) Zanichelli (ch. 7)

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