Premium
Humidity Control for X‐Ray Diffraction
Author(s) -
Anderson James U.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1965.03615995002900050042x
Subject(s) - humidity , relative humidity , diffractometer , atmosphere (unit) , diffraction , environmental science , materials science , meteorology , composite material , optics , physics , scanning electron microscope
The humidity of the atmosphere surrounding samples in the X‐ray diffractometer should be controlled because clay minerals lose or gain water to obtain equilibrium, with resultant changes in basal spacings. A simple apparatus achieves this by supplying air at any desired relative humidity.