Mineralogy laboratory (XRF / X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory)
X-Ray diffraction is a multi-functional non-destructive method and provides comprehensive information about
the chemical composition and crystalline structure of natural and industrial materials.
Each crystalline structure has its own unique X-Ray pattern which is used as the fingerprint
for identification. The most widely used X-Ray diffraction is the identification of crystalline
compounds based on diffraction pattern. Other applications of X-Ray diffraction are in geology,
materials science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, and pharmaceutical industry and so on.
X-Ray fluorescence machine introduction
There are two ways to measure elements: one method is analytical chemistry, which is mainly
using titration and another method is a non-destructive analysis based
on X-Ray, colloquially called X-Ray fluorescence (XRF). The advantage of
using XRF compared to chemical analysis method is Low cost, high speed, and acceptable precision. X-Ray fluorescence machine
is a device for measuring the wavelength and intensity of the fluorescence waves emitted from different atoms in the sample
that resulted in the identification of type and amount of material elements. X-Ray fluorescence machine is widely used in many
fields of science and nowadays, due to considerable progress in this area is as one of the necessities in research laboratories.
X-Ray fluorescence machine is capable of high speed operation with many elements to be analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively.
Due to the high speed and non-use of chemicals inexpensive method than other methods of analysis and the environment is not contaminated.
Available services provided in Mineralogy laboratory :
- XRD analysis, preparing spectrum and the diffraction pattern, determination of Miller indices etc.
- Asbestos determination of different combinations.
- Phase identification or any type of minerals in rocks, soil etc.
- Study of the crystalline structure.
- Determination of amorphous solids or crystalline structure of different combinations.
- Semi-quantitative phase determination.
- Full width at half maximum (FWHM) determination.
- Nanometer particle size determination in certain circumstances via Debye-Scherrer method
- The study of minerals in terms chemical composition.
- The ability to measure both qualitative and quantitative elements.
- Bulk chemical analysis of main elements in rock and Sediment samples. (Si, Ti, Al, Fe, Mn, Mg, Ca, Na, K, P).
- Bulk analysis of trace and heavy elements in rock and sediments.( Ba, Ce, Co, Cr, Cu, Ga, La, Nb, Ni, Rb, Sc, Sr, Rh, U, V, Y, Zr, Zn).
- Ability to give results as in oxide form.
- Ability to introduce 100 devices simultaneously.
