scholarly journals Geochemistry And Mineralogy Of Prehistoric Pottery Shards Found At Gua Jaya, Nenggiri Valley, Kelantan, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 205-213
Author(s):  
Muhamad Shafiq Mohd Ali ◽  
◽  
Zuliskandar Ramli ◽  
Nur Sarahah Mohd Supian ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Content ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Archaeological Excavation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Prehistoric Pottery ◽  
The Common ◽  
Made In

Earthenware pottery is one of the common artefacts found during archaeological excavation works. Earthenware pottery is one of the tools used by prehistoric society as a tool for use in daily life. Earthenware pottery found at archaeological sites should be determined whether it was made by the local community or brought in from outside. Therefore, chemical analysis using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and mineralogical analysis using X-ray Diffraction (XRD) methods need to be done to obtain the mineral content and elements of earthenware pottery that can be compared with clay found in the area. This comparison is to ascertain whether the prehistoric pottery was made in the vicinity of the discovery area or brought in from outside. The results of this study found that the pottery discovered during excavations at Gua Jaya was brought in from other areas. Besides, it was also determined that the pottery was burned openly due to the uneven combustion temperature. The content of the pottery element also indicates that the pottery was used as food storage containers and also as appliances for cooking.

scholarly journals Quartz Crystallite Size and Moganite Content as Indicators of the Mineralogical Maturity of the Carboniferous Chert: The Case of Cherts from Eastern Asturias (Spain)

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 611
Author(s):  
Celia Marcos ◽  
María de Uribe-Zorita ◽  
Pedro Álvarez-Lloret ◽  
Alaa Adawy ◽  
Patricia Fernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Crystallite Size ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Infrared And Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Geological Formations

Chert samples from different coastal and inland outcrops in the Eastern Asturias (Spain) were mineralogically investigated for the first time for archaeological purposes. X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, transmission electron microscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy and total organic carbon techniques were used. The low content of moganite, since its detection by X-ray diffraction is practically imperceptible, and the crystallite size (over 1000 Å) of the quartz in these cherts would be indicative of its maturity and could potentially be used for dating chert-tools recovered from archaeological sites. Also, this information can constitute essential data to differentiate the cherts and compare them with those used in archaeological tools. However, neither composition nor crystallite size would allow distinguishing between coastal and inland chert outcrops belonging to the same geological formations.

Textures Applied to Mechanical Processing Technology Assessment in Ancient Bronze

2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 719-724
Author(s):  
R.E. Bolmaro ◽  
B. Molinas ◽  
E. Sentimenti ◽  
A.L. Fourty
Keyword(s):  
Orientation Distribution ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Mechanical Process ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Pole Figures ◽  
Microscopic Inspection

Some ancient metallic art craft, utensils, silverware and weapons are externally undistinguishable from modern ones. Not only the general aspect and shape but also some uses have not changed through the ages. Moreover, when just some small pieces can be recovered from archaeological sites, the samples can not easily be ascribed to any known use and consequently identified. It is clear that mechanical processing has changed along history but frequently only a "microscopic" inspection can distinguish among different techniques. Some bronze samples have been collected from the Quarto d’Altino (Veneto) archaeological area in Italy (paleovenetian culture) and some model samples have been prepared by a modern artisan. The sample textures have been measured by X-ray Diffraction techniques. (111), (200) and (220) pole figures were used to calculate Orientation Distribution Functions and further recalculate pole figures and inverse pole figures. The results were compared with modern forging technology results. Textures are able to discern between hammering ancient techniques for sheet production and modern industrial rolling procedures. However, as it is demonstrated in the present work, forgery becomes difficult to detect if the goldsmith, properly warned, proceeds to erase the texture history with some hammering post-processing. The results of this contribution can offer to the archaeologists the opportunity to take into consideration the texture techniques in order to discuss the origin (culture) of the pieces and the characteristic mechanical process developed by the ancient artisan. Texture can also help the experts when discussing the originality of a certain piece keeping however in mind the cautions indicated in this publication.

scholarly journals Extraction of γ-Alumina from Low-Cost Kaolin

Resources ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Khalil Ibrahim ◽  
Mohammad Moumani ◽  
Salsabeela Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Aluminum Metal ◽  
Alumina Particles ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Method Of Extraction ◽  
Microcrystalline Powder ◽  
Made In

A combined process is proposed for the utilization of local kaolin to produce alumina particles. The applied process is made in two stages: calcination at 700 °C with sodium chloride and leaching with sulfuric followed by hydrochloric acids. The optimal extraction efficiency can be obtained when the conditions are as follows: leaching temperature is at 140 °C, leaching time is 3 h 45 min and concentration of sulfuric acid is 40 wt.%. The results show that the purity of alumina reaches 79.28%, which is suitable for the production of aluminum metal. It is evident that this method of extraction of alumina from the kaolin ash is practical and feasible. The structural and morphological properties of the calcined microcrystalline powder was characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Using Ultrathin-Film, Modulated Composites to Control the Reaction Mechanism of Ternary Compound Formation

1991 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loreli Fister ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Ternary Compound ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Experimental Parameter ◽  
Ultrathin Film ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Compound Formation ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACTA predictable, controllable approach to the synthesis of ternary compounds through known intermediates is presented. Thin and ultrathin film superlattices were made in the Mo-Se, Cu-Se and Mo-Cu systems. Differential scanning calorimetry, low- and high-angle x-ray diffraction were used to assess the interdiffusion and nucleation reactions between elemental layers in these one-dimensional crystals. The experimental parameter modulation distance was used to influence the interfacial reactions. The results from each binary system were then used to predict the reaction pathway in the synthesis of a ternary compound, Cu2Mo6Se8. Superlattices with two different lengthscales were investigated. In the first, only one intermediate, MoSe2 which typically crystallizes at ∼200'C, is observed prior to the crystallization of Cu2Mo6Se8. In the second, no crystalline intermediates are observed below 6000 C.

Fibrous Minerals and Synthetic Fibers

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Catherine W. Skinner ◽  
Malcolm Ross ◽  
Clifford Frondel
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Mineral Species ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Synthetic Fibers ◽  
Fibrous Minerals ◽  
The Common

A mineral is a naturally occurring, crystalline inorganic compound with a specific chemical composition and crystal structure. Minerals are commonly named to honor a person, to indicate the geographic area where the mineral was discovered, or to highlight some distinctive chemical, crystallographic, or physical characteristic of the substance. Each mineral sample has some obvious properties: color, shape, texture, and perhaps odor or taste. However, to determine the precise composition and crystal structure necessary to accurately identify the species, one or several of the following techniques must be employed: optical, x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and diffraction, and chemical and spectral analyses. The long history of bestowing names on minerals has provided some confusing legacies. Many mineral names end with the suffix “ite,” although not most of the common species; no standard naming practice has ever been adopted. Occasionally different names have been applied to samples of the same mineral that differ only in color or shape, but are identical to each other in chemical composition and crystal structure. These names, usually of the common rock-forming minerals, are often encountered and are therefore accepted as synonyms or as varieties of bona fide mineral species. The Fibrous Minerals list (Appendix 1) includes synonyms. A formal description of a mineral presents all the physical and chemical properties of the species. In particular, distinctive attributes that might facilitate identification are noted, and usually a chemical analysis of the first or “type” specimen on which the name was originally bestowed is included. As an example, the complete description of the mineral brucite (Mg(OH)2), as it appears in Dana’s System of Mineralogy, is presented as Appendix 3. Note the complexity of this chemically simple species and the range of information available. In the section on Habit (meaning shape or morphology) both acicular and fibrous forms are noted. The fibrous variety, which has the same composition as brucite, is commonly encountered (see Fig. 1.1D) and is known by a separate name, “nemalite.” Tables to assist in the systematic determination of a mineral species are usually based on quantitative measurements of optical properties (using either transmitted or reflected light, as appropriate) or on x-ray diffraction data.

scholarly journals Kristallchemische Analyse der Stereochemie des Kations und Anions in Bis(triphenylphosphin)iminium-di(phthalocyaninato)metallaten der Selenen Erden, (PNP)[Ln(Pc2-)2]•xH2O (Ln = La, Gd, Tm; x ≤ 0,5) / Crystalchemical analysis of the stereochemistry of the cations and anions in bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium di(phthalocyaninato)metalates of the rare earth elements, (PNP)[Ln(Pc2-)2]•xH2O (Ln = La, Gd, Tm; x ≤ 0,5)

1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 812-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Safarpour Haghighi ◽  
Andreas Franken ◽  
Heiner Homborg
Keyword(s):  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Steric Effects ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Contact Distance ◽  
The Common ◽  
Complex Salts ◽  
Cell Data ◽  
Unit Cell Data ◽  
Ir Bands

Of the isostructural series of monoclinic (PNP)[Ln(Pc)2]• xH2O compounds (Ln = La ••• Tm) the crystal structures of the complex salts of tervalent La (1), Gd (2) and Tm (3) have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Unit cell data for 2: space group P21/c; a = 15.172(8), b = 20.826(2), c = 25.876(3) Å, β = 95.19(3)°, V - 8143(4) Å3, Z = 4; 1 and 3 are isostructural with 2. The lanthanide ion occupies the center of a nearly ideal square antiprism, although the two staggered phthalocyanine rings are severely distorted in an unsymmetrical funnel-shaped fashion due to electronic, steric, and packing influences in the crystal lattice. Steric effects dictate also the geometry of the PNP cation, which adopts a hybrid conformation whose structural characteristics are between the common linear and bent conformers with medium short P-N distances (1.562 Å) and large P-N-P angles in the range 165.6° (1) > 158.3° (2) > 156.1° (3). The strong IR bands at ca. 1375 cm-1 assigned to the asym. (P-N) stretch are diagnostic for this hybrid conformation. The presence of water of crystallization in the periphery of the diphthalocyanine anion is confirmed. The shortest contact distance is observed to one of the bridging nitrogen atoms of the Pc2- ligand (3.02 Å) indicating a weak (HO-H•••N) hydrogen bond

scholarly journals Simple New Method for the Preparation of La(IO3)3 Nanoparticles

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoulikha Hebboul ◽  
Amira Ghozlane ◽  
Robin Turnbull ◽  
Ali Benghia ◽  
Sara Allaoui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Phase ◽  
New Method ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Chemical Route ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Common ◽  
Controlled Preparation ◽  
Iodate Ions ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Soft Chemical Route

We present a cost- and time-efficient method for the controlled preparation of single phase La(IO3)3 nanoparticles via a simple soft-chemical route, which takes a matter of hours, thereby providing an alternative to the common hydrothermal method, which takes days. Nanoparticles of pure α-La(IO3)3 and pure δ-La(IO3)3 were synthesised via the new method depending on the source of iodate ions, thereby demonstrating the versatility of the synthesis route. The crystal structure, nanoparticle size-dispersal, and chemical composition were characterised via angle- and energy-dispersive powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.

Sulfone Containing Clay Electrolytes and Their Potential for Li-Rechargeable Batteries

1998 ◽  
Vol 548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory J. Moore ◽  
M. Stanley Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Analysis ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Molecular Formula ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Impedance Measurements ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Lithium Secondary Batteries ◽  
Solid State Cell ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACTClays have been synthesized and several types of molecules have been intercalated into them to enhance their ionic conductivity. The clay has the molecular formula of Litaeniolite, Li(Mg2Li)Si4O10F2, and the inserted molecules include PEO and two varieties of sulfone, tetramethylene sulfone and ethylmethyl sulfone. These have been made in the interest of electrolytes in lithium secondary batteries in order to produce a truly solid state cell. The products have been thoroughly characterized by x-ray diffraction to verify the uptake of the molecules into the layers, thermal analysis to observe the stabilization of the intercalated molecules, along with impedance measurements to test their conductivity.

CdS Powders Obtained by Chemical Bath Deposition

2011 ◽  
Vol 672 ◽  
pp. 109-112
Author(s):  
Violeta Popescu ◽  
George Liviu Popescu ◽  
Emil Indrea ◽  
Dan Teofil Silipas
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Grain Size Distribution ◽  
Chemical Bath Deposition ◽  
Cadmium Chloride ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Made In

We studied the influence of the mixing on the properties of CdS powders obtained by Chemical Bath Deposition. The powders were obtained from baths containing cadmium chloride, thiourea, and ammonia. The obtained powders were characterized using FT-IR, in order to evaluate the purity of the obtained powder. Granulometric studies were made in order to establish the grain size distribution of the particles, and X ray diffraction in order to determine the structure of nanostructured CdS.

X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Prehistoric Pottery

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Weymouth
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Prehistoric Pottery ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

AbstractThis is a preliminary report on a quantitative method for grouping prehistoric pottery using x-ray diffraction techniques. Of the various analytical methods that have been applied to the analysis of pottery, x-ray diffraction techniques have been among the least used, and then usually to obtain qualitative information. Most analytic methods measure the relative abundance of chemical elements, but diffraction patterns give information on the crystalline substances in the pottery. In this study, attention is directed to the crystalline components of the temper rather than the clays or their derivatives. The method groups pottery according to the relative concentrations of such minerals as quartz, calcite, and the feldspars. Thus, success depends on reasonable consistency in the use of tempering materials by pottery makers at one time and place. I have examined a number of sherds from different sites in Iowa and Missouri supplied by Dale R. Henning, University of Nebraska. The results so far indicate that it is possible to group prehistoric pottery by a quantitative analysis of the x-ray diffraction pattern of the temper in the pottery.

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