Control specimens of mortar were prepared. When eds was performed, albite and feldspar traces were found.
Were you able isolate (from mortar) and to identify albite and feldspar with the help of EDS? Were you able to separate albite from feldspar with the help of EDS?
XRD is better suited for such tasks.
:-) OK, albite is just a Na- endmember of a larger group of feldspars, consisting of K-, Ca- and Na- alumosilicates. So either you mean you found an albite (one of the felspars) or an albite and some other feldspar?
In each case, there are so many different mortars, we should have some info about starting composition before somebody can give you some useful comment. And as Vladimir said, I would avoid doing EDS and stick to XRD. Could save some gray hair.
How did you get the phase analysis using EDS?
EDS is an elemental analysis technique. It can NOT be used to identify the phases. It may be used for approximate quantitative analysis of soil samples after the phase identification using XRD.
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