1. Usage of energy- dispersial analysis in studying rocks melts
- Author
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Kudelas Duan, Rybárová Mária, and Domaracký Duan
- Subjects
EDS analysis ,mineral ,microanalysis ,Mining engineering. Metallurgy ,TN1-997 ,Geology ,QE1-996.5 - Abstract
EDS analysis of constituent minerals of nefelitic basanite from locality Konrádovce lava stream of ceric basalt formation of upper Phocene-Pleistocene age was carried out using the electron microscope JEOL JSM-840 and the energy-dispersive microanalyser KEVEX DELTA+ with MIRROR QUANTEX+ software.Based on the results of EDS microanalysis, the primary rock can be, from the petrographic point of view, described as nefelitic basanite. The following substances were determined in the primer matter and porfiric phenocrysts:- isometric grainsof pyroxene-augite (point A1),- grainsof nepheline-kalsite (point A2),- cryptocrystallic glassy matter (point A3),- grainsof olivine (point A4),- microlite of basic plagioclase (point A5).The energy-dispersive analysis is fast and full spectrum is taken at the same time. In common, a required time is less than one minute. Results of the measurement donot depend significantly on the topography of sample and it is also possible to analyze a rough surface which makes easier the preparation of samples. A very important aspect of the mentioned method is the precision of obtained results in order to identify the chemical composition of analyzed point which, in a subsequent step, allows to determine the type of mineral. EDS is a convenient and powerful supplement of microscopic studies which are, sometime, unable to distinguish exactly the complete composition of the analyzed rocks.
- Published
- 2001