Microcoulometric measurement of water in minerals |
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Authors: | Marcelyn CremerH.Neil Elsheimer |
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Affiliation: | U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025 U.S.A.; E.I. du Pont Instrument Products Division, Monrovia, Calif. 91016 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A DuPont Moisture Analyzer is used in a microcoulometric method for determining water in minerals. Certain modifications, which include the heating of the sample outside the instrument, protect the system from acid gases and insure the conversion of all hydrogen to water vapor. Moisture analyzer data are compared to concurrent data obtained by a modified Penfield method. In general, there is a positive bias of from 0.1 to 0.2% in the moisture analyzer results and a similarity of bias in minerals of the same kind. Inhomogeneity, sample size, and moisture pick-up are invoked to explain deviations. The method is particularly applicable to small samples. |
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