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ELECTRON MICROPROBE [3 records]

Record 1 2024-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
CONT

Within the metasyenite are brecciated zones filled with calcite and, locally, pyrite. Petrographic and electron microprobe analyses show that the metasyenite consists predominantly of potassium feldspar, with lesser amounts of quartz, hornblende, plagioclase feldspar, magnetite and apatite.

Key term(s)
  • meta-syenite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
Key term(s)
  • méta-syénite

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Electronics
DEF

An instrument used in microanalysis; especially an instrument that utilizes an electron probe and X-ray spectrometer to determine the elemental composition and chemical structure of a specimen.

CONT

Kerogen (identified by its volatility under the X-ray beam of a microprobe) also occurs as irregular random replacements within some ... uraninite grains ...

PHR

electron microprobe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Électronique
DEF

Appareil de microanalyse à sonde électronique, qui permet de faire une analyse des éléments présents dans un volume de matière extrêmement petit, en utilisant la production d'un rayonnement X.

CONT

Le kérogène (identifié par sa volatilité sous le faisceau de rayons X d'une microsonde) se présente aussi sous forme de phases de remplacement aléatoires et irrégulières sur certains grains d'uraninite [...]

PHR

microsonde électronique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
  • Electrónica
PHR

microsonda electrónica

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Record 3 1986-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Preliminary studies on the interaction of pyrrhotite with SO2 were carried out using differential thermal analysis(DTA), optimal microscopy, electron microprobe analysis and X-ray diffraction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Des études préliminaires sur l'interaction de la pyrrhotite avec le SO2 ont été effectuées; elles faisaient appel à l'analyse thermique différentielle (ATD, à la microscopie optique, à l'analyse par microsonde électronique et à la diffraction X.

Spanish

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