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X-Ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals

by Duane M. Moore and Robert C. Reynolds

This page is the index page for Adobe Acrobat PDF versions of selected chapters from Moore & Reynolds' volume on clay minerals and X-ray diffraction. These chapters were made available by Dr. Moore for use by students in EPS 400, "Introduction to X-ray Powder Diffraction". Access to this index page and the linked PDF files requires that you enter a valid E&PS network account name and password. This material is copywrited and is made available here for laboratory use only.

The chapter titiles and links follow:

• Chapter 3: X-Ray Diffraction (342KB - 42 pages)
• Chapter 4: Structure and Properties: General Treatment (266KB - 33 pages)
• Chapter 5: Structure, Nomenclature and Occurrences of Clay Minerals (603KB - 65 pages)
• Chapter 6: Sample Preparation Techniques for Clay Minerals (277KB - 24 pages)
• Chapter 7: Identification of Clay Minerals and Associated Minerals (197KB - 33 pages)
• Chapter 8: Identification of Mixed-layered Clay Minerals (190KB - 32 pages)
• Chapter 10: Disorder in Smectite, Illite/Smectite, and Illite (305KB - 18 pages)
• Appendix: Modeling One-Dimensional X-Ray Patterns (NEWMOD)
• NEWMOD Manual: PDF Manual for the NEWMOD program (1.42MB - 42 pages)

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