X-ray absorption contrast images of binary chemical reactions

Low-divergence synchrotron-sourced X-rays enable a radiographic imaging scheme for full characterization of binary chemical reactions and characterization by type of more complex reactions, in situ, in diamond anvil cells (DAC). Spatially resolved reactants are induced to react by laser heating of their interface. The spatially intermediate products are observed through X-ray absorption contrast. Limits to the technique include the ability to maintain controlled experiment geometry during compression and the ability to resolve chemical differences between reactants and products by X-ray absorption. The ability to make in situ observations at experimental pressure and temperature obviates the problem with quenching techniques for capturing liquid compositions in experiments with dimensions smaller than the diffusion length during quenching time. Partially molten Fe-alloy systems, of poor quenchability, are examined at DAC pressures and temperatures for relevance to Earth's core constitution and evolution. Determinations of eutectic melting in Fe–FeS match known results. Of the probable light elements that may alloy with Fe in the Earth's liquid outer core, Fe–FeS experiments show only modest quenching problems, but C and Si alloy experiments are highly vulnerable to quenching artifacts. The observed reactivity of FeS, Fe₃C, FeSi, and FeO(OH) with Fe in DAC makes the observed non-reactivity between Fe and FeO more significant, reducing the probability that oxygen alone is the major alloy in Earth's molten outer core.     

New data of typomorphic features of diamonds from placers in North Timan

The morphological and spectral-optical properties of diamond crystals from placers in North Timan rivers have been studied with IR-spectroscopy and cathode luminescence methods. As a result, correlation between external characteristics of diamonds (size and degree of mechanical damage) and number of optically active centers has been revealed. The habit and the type of distribution of structural defects in diamond crystals studied are comparable with those in diamonds from the Archangelsk Region and North Timan’s placers. Based on the obtained data, origin issues and possible primary sources of diamonds from North Timan’s placers are discussed.     

Evidence for a warmer period during the 12th and 13th centuries AD from chironomid assemblages in Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada

This study presents the Late-Holocene evolution of a northern Southampton Island (Nunavut, Canada) lake, using fossil chironomids supported by sedimentological evidences (XRF, grain size and CNS). All proxies revealed a relatively stable environment during the last millennium with short-lived events driving changes in the entire lake ecosystem. The chironomid-based paleotemperatures revealed variations of significant amplitude coincident with changes in the sediment density and chemical composition of the core. Higher temperature intervals were generally correlated to lower sediment density with higher chironomid concentration and diversity. Higher temperatures were recorded from cal yr AD 1160 to AD 1360, which may correspond to the Medieval Warm Period. Between cal yr AD 1360 and AD 1700, lower temperatures were probably related to a Little Ice Age event. This study presents new information on the timing of known climatic events which will refine our knowledge of the paleoclimate and climatic models of the Foxe Basin region. It also provides a new framework for the evolution of such freshwater ecosystems under the “Anthropocene” and underlines the importance of including sedimentological proxies when interpreting chironomid remains as this combined approach provides an extended overview of the past hydrological and geochemical changes and their impacts on lake biota.     

GGB-1型X射线荧光光谱分析高频感应熔样机的性能与应用

介绍自行研制的GGB-1型X射线荧光光谱分析高频感应熔样机的特点及性能。采用高频感应加热技术和全自动微机控制技术,设计了温度锁相环控制系统,通过控制高频功率发生器输出振荡电流的大小来控制加热速度和温度,使熔样过程智能化、自动化。研究设计的混匀装置,可同时摇摆与自旋,熔融体形成涡流,使熔融体更均匀。根据X射线荧光光谱分析制样的特点,设计了预氧化过程,更适合于矿石类样品的熔融制样。产品的性能测试结果表明,该熔样机的最高温度为1300℃,温控精度为±2℃,各元素制样精密度优于0.3%(RSD,n=11)。     

波长色散X射线荧光光谱法测定铜精矿中铜铅锌硫镁砷

采用偏硼酸锂和四硼酸锂混合熔剂熔融法制样,波长色散X射线荧光光谱法测定铜精矿中铜、铅、锌、硫、镁、砷,考察了熔剂、玻璃化试剂和预氧化条件对制样的影响。采用理论α系数和经验系数相结合的方法校正元素间的效应。测定铜精矿试样各组分的相对标准偏差(RSD,n=12)均小于3%,结果与化学分析法吻合。     

粉晶X射线衍射法在岩石学和矿物学研究中的应用

X射线衍射是测定物质结构的主要分析手段,广泛应用于物理学、化学、医药学、金属学、材料学、工程技术学、地质学和矿物学。文章综述了粉晶X射线衍射法在造岩矿物、黏土矿物、岩组学、类质同象和结晶度的测定等领域发挥的重要作用。随着测量技术的发展,粉晶X射线衍射在矿物结晶过程中的研究、矿物表面研究、矿物定量相分析和矿物晶体结构测定方面均有新的应用。     

X-ray Raman scattering for structural investigation of silica/silicate minerals

We have performed X-ray Raman scattering (XRS) measurements on the oxygen K and silicon L absorption edges of four silica minerals: α-quartz, α-cristobalite, coesite, and stishovite. We have also calculated the partial electron densities of states (DOSs) and compared these with the XRS spectra. This study demonstrates that the short-range structure around the atom of interest strongly influences the XRS spectral features. Importantly, the oxygen K-edge XRS spectra are found to reflect the p-orbital DOS while the silicon L-edge spectra reflect the s- and d-orbital DOSs, even when a product of a momentum transfer and a mean radius of a electron orbit (1s for oxygen and 2p for silicon), Qr, is close to or larger than unity. Building on this, calculations of the partial DOSs for other silica phases are presented, including ultra-high-pressure phases, which provide a good reference for further XRS study of silica and silicate minerals. XRS measurements should be performed on not only either of oxygen or silicon but also on many kinds of constituent elements to reveal the structural change of glasses/melts of silicates under extreme conditions.     

河南桐柏围山城金银成矿带成矿物质来源: 铅同位素证据

围山城金银成矿带出露有破山银矿床、银洞坡金矿床和银洞岭银矿床等三个大型金银矿床,均受地层和构造的双重控制,赋矿地层为新元古界歪头山岩组,河前庄背斜是成矿带的主要控矿构造.围岩地层歪头山岩组的铅同位素组成具有整体富Th亏U、低μ高ω的特征,与围山城金银成矿带的矿石铅整体富Th亏U、低μ高ω的特征一致.经过年龄校正后,把成矿带内的围岩地层和岩体的全岩铅同位素样品与矿石铅同位素对比分析发现,围岩歪头山岩组与矿石关系最为接近,其次为燕山期梁湾花岗岩体.成矿带的矿石铅具有混源特征.可以认为围岩歪头山岩组和梁湾花岗岩体共同为成矿带提供了铅源及成矿物质.     

钾含量对白云母X射线衍射特征的影响

对白云母X射线衍射峰强度的理论计算,发现其衍射峰的强度随钾含量呈规律性变化;对白云母活化释钾后不同钾含量样品进行X射线衍射实验,发现实测的衍射峰强度值与计算值变化趋势一致。计算与实测的白云母特征衍射峰强度比值曲线也有相同的变化趋势。这些结果表明白云母中钾含量是其X射线衍射特征变化的主要原因。