Arshad Ali

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Suggestions requested regarding that how to remove pyrrhotite with least damage to pyroxene and olivine in sample?

I found an XRD pattren of a sample with an elevated and consistent background (intensity ~3000 counts) starting from ~20 deg theta-2 value. The software search identified pyrrhotite only however,...

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Feedback on efficient use of ICDD software for peak identification in XRD spectra?

Recently, I have started using ICDD software for peak identification in XRD spectra. Given a comprehensive nature of ICDD database, I receive a very long list of minerals once do the "auto...

02 February 2017 1,104 4 View

Does it make sense to calculate standard error (SE) of two individual values (i.e., N=2)?

If you have two data points (N=2) for two individual analyses of a sample then is it logical to calculate standard error (SE)?

02 February 2016 9,030 9 View