Open AccessIdentification of magnetic mineral forming elements in peatland Alahan Panjang West Sumatra Indonesia, section DD REP B 693 using X-Ray Fluorescence
Author(s) -
Ella Destari Ningsih,
Rizaldi Putra,
Caroline De La Maisonneuve,
Marcus Phua,
Steffan Eisele,
Francesca Forni,
Jeffrey Oalmann,
Hamdi Rifai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1481/1/012018
Subject(s) - maghemite , peat , ilmenite , hematite , magnetite , mineral , mineralogy , environmental chemistry , chemistry , geology , analytical chemistry (journal) , geography , archaeology , paleontology , organic chemistry
The elemental composition in peatland samples has been measured using the XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) instrument. Peat soil samples were taken using a peat core near the Lake Diatas Alahan Panjang. After the magnetic suceptibilty of the samples were measured using Bartington Magnetic Susceptibility with MS2C sensor the samples that had the highest value were subsequently selected for analysis of elemental composition. The given results of percentage of major composition, including Si (50,552%), Al (13,545%), Fe (12,23%), S (4,896%) and Mg (4,204%). The most magnetic element forming magnetic element was Fe that formed mineral such on hematite, magnetite, maghemite, ilmenite, greidite or geothite .