Email this article Microprobe Analysis of Titanium in Zircon: an Estimation of Secondary Fluorescence
- Authors: Borisov A.A.1, Borisovskiy S.E.1, Koshlyakova A.N.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 31, No 5 (2023)
- Pages: 570-574
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-5903/article/view/141019
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869590323050035
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/TMENFP
- ID: 141019
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Abstract
Microprobe study of the effects of secondary fluorescence from high-titania glass (TiO2 ≈ 16 wt %) on apparent titanium content in Ti-free zircon was conducted. It was demonstrated that small crystals (<10 µm) are not suitable for analysis. In boundary parts of large zircon crystals (20–30 µm) the error in Ti estimation may reach 10–23%. However, in central parts of large crystals (> 30 µm) the microprobe analysis gives practically undistorted titanium contents.
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A. A. Borisov
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry,Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: aborisov@igem.ru
Russia, Moscow
S. E. Borisovskiy
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry,Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: aborisov@igem.ru
Russia, Moscow
A. N. Koshlyakova
Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry,Russian Academy of Sciences; Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: aborisov@igem.ru
Russia, Moscow; Russia, Moscow
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