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Phase identification, phase quantification, and phase association determinations utilizing automated mineralogy technology

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Automated mineralogy as a function of electron microscopy has been developed over the course of several decades. This article considers phase identification, quantification, and association determinations using QEMSCAN®, which was originally developed at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia as QEM*SEM—Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals by Scanning Electron Microscopy.

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    Ann M. Hagni

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Hagni, A.M. Phase identification, phase quantification, and phase association determinations utilizing automated mineralogy technology. JOM 60, 33–37 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-008-0045-8

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