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An X‐ray diffraction method for directly observing the surface composition of fertiliser granules
Author(s) -
Coates R. V.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740170612
Subject(s) - composition (language) , diffraction , coating , in situ , x ray crystallography , materials science , surface (topology) , chemical composition , x ray , chemistry , optics , nanotechnology , mathematics , physics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , organic chemistry
An X‐ray powder diffraction method has been developed which enables the surface composition of fertiliser granules to be studied in situ . Coating dusts can be detected directly, and variations in composition between surface and bulk studied.