| |
Issue No:7, Vol.3 |
July - 2010 |
ISSN: 0974-5645 |
| RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Viewers & PDF |
| 15. Mineral analysis of coastal sediment samples of Tuna, Gujarat, India. R. Ravisankar, G. Senthilkumar, S. Kiruba, A. Chandrasekaran and Prince Prakash Jebakumar. Indian J.Sci.Technol. Vol. 3, Issue 7, pp: 775-781. Domain site: http://www.indjst.org. |
 
|
- Abstract
Qualitative analysis was carried out to determine the major and minor constituent minerals present in sediment
samples collected at the coastal area of Tuna, Gujarat by FT-IR and XRD technique. From the IR absorption band or
the locations of the different peaks, the minerals were identified with the available literature. In addition to the band
positions, the sharpness or diffuseness of bands was helpful in the identification of mineral components. The IR study
on sediment samples was highly useful in identifying the various minerals in sediments. Further, the representative
sediment samples were analyzed by XRD technique to yield more information about the minerals. Both of these
methods were non-destructive and can be used in the identification of mineralogical composition. These results
confirmed that the applied techniques are relatively quicker and more reliable in mineral analysis.
- Keywords: Sediment samples, mineral analysis, FT-IR, XRD technique.
|
| |
|
|
|
