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Estimation of iron oxides in soil clays by profile refinement combined with differential X-ray diffraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

G. Brown  and
I. G. Wood
G. Brown
Affiliation:
Soils and Plant Nutrition Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ
I. G. Wood
Affiliation:
Soils and Plant Nutrition Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ
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Abstract

A procedure is described for the quantitative estimation of hematite, goethite and lepidocrocite in soil clays by differential X-ray diffraction combined with profile refinement. The method has been applied to clays from 12 palaeosol horizons from south-east England. Samples containing as little as 1% dithionite-extractable iron can be analysed in this way. The hematite: goethite ratio is determined to within ±3% for soil clays having ∼2.5% of each oxide and to within 10% in less favourable cases. The concentration of oxides in the soil determined solely from X-ray diffraction and from a combined chemical analysis/X-ray method are in good agreement. In addition to improving the accuracy and extending the range of iron-oxide concentrations over which analysis can be carried out, the method may, in principle, be used to provide information about the cell parameters and line profiles of each component present.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1985 , pp. 15 - 27
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1985

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