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Quantitative Determination of Aluminum-Substituted Goethite-Hematite Mixtures By Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

D. D. Amarasiriwardena ,
E. DeGrave ,
L. H. Bowen  and
S. B. Weed
D. D. Amarasiriwardena
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
E. DeGrave*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
L. H. Bowen*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
S. B. Weed
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
*
1Permanent address: Laboratory for Magnetism, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
2To whom reprint requests should be sent.
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Abstract

Mixtures of synthetic Al-substituted goethite (α-Fe0.814Al0.186OOH) and hematite (α-Fe1.658Al0.342O3) (75, 50, 25, 3% hematite by weight) were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy to evaluate the use of that technique for quantitative analysis. Mössbauer spectra for these mixtures, obtained in the temperature range 12–130 K, were better fitted by a distribution of magnetic fields than by two magnetic sextets. Spectra at 80 K were equally as good as those from lower temperature to determine the hematitegoethite ratio. The recoil-free fractions of the individual components were about equal at any fixed temperature, but thickness effects caused as much as 30% error in the determination of the ratio of components in mixtures.

Keywords

AluminumGoethiteHematiteMössbauer spectroscopyQuantitative mineralogy
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , June 1986 , pp. 250 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © 1986, The Clay Minerals Society

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