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X-ray diffraction study of orientation of the micaceous minerals in slate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

Laila A. Fayed*
Affiliation:
Postgraduate School of Mining, University of Sheffield

Abstract

An X-ray diffraction technique has been used to determine the orientation pattern of the (001) planes of 10 Å micaceous minerals in slate. The guiding principle of this technique is the direct measurement of the diffracted radiation from the pre-selected family of crystallographic planes as a function of the orientation of the specimen.

Results obtained indicated that the basal planes of these minerals are mostly oriented in a direction parallel to the cleavage planes and the possibility of another orientation was considered to be slight.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1966

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