Accession Number:
AD0641706
Title:
A MINERAL TRANSITION IN ATMOSPHERIC DUST TRANSPORT,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE N MEX
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Report Date:
1966-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
26.0
Abstract:
The minerals mirabilite and thenardite differ only in number of waters of crystallization, and may easily change from one state to the other. The identification of the minerals in airborne dust by infrared absorption spectroscopy and the rapidity of the transition are discussed. Author
Subject Categories:
- Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy