Chemical Analysis of Mineral Surfaces Using Digital Image Processing

Juan C. Gonzalez-Islas, Abdon R. Aparicio-Duran, Gildardo Godinez-Garrido, Karime A. Gonzalez-Garcia, Mizraim U. Flores-Guerrero

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Abstract

Quantitative and qualitative chemical analyses are of great importance in the characterization of materials and in mineralogy, in order to determine the content of elements present in minerals; the equipment used for this kind of analysis is very expensive and sophisticated. Image segmentation can provide a semi-quantitative analysis of the elemental content of the mineral surface. In the present work, the semi-quantitative analysis of purple fluorite was carried out using atomic absorption spectrophotometry, X-ray dispersive energy spectrometry and the comparison with image segmentation was made, matching the percentages of calcium and fluorine in the three methods. The analysis of the images was based on the intensity of the colors to determine the content of each element present in the mineral, subsequently the method of functional approximation and interpolation was used so that it can be an economic form, precise, and easy to use for determining semi-quantitative composition of mineral surfaces.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCharacterization Of Minerals, Metals, And Materials 2022
EditorsM Zhang, J Li, B Li, SN Monteiro, S Ikhmayies, YE Kalay, JY Hwang, JP EscobedoDiaz, JS Carpenter, AD Brown, R Soman, Z Peng
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages155-162
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-92373-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-92372-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventCharacterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials Symposium at 151st Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the The-Minerals-Metals-and-Materials Society (TMS) - Anaheim, Canada
Duration: 27 Feb 20223 Mar 2022

Publication series

NameMinerals Metals & Materials Series

Conference

ConferenceCharacterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials Symposium at 151st Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the The-Minerals-Metals-and-Materials Society (TMS)
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityAnaheim
Period27/02/223/03/22

Keywords

  • Atomic absorption spectrophotometry
  • Image segmentation
  • Purple fluorite
  • Semi-quantitative analysis

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