Modern Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials

• Main Authors: Gaft, Michael (Author), Reisfeld, Renata (Author), Panczer, Gerard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Series: Springer Mineralogy,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Mineralogy.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Earth Sciences.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Optics and Electrodynamics.

The book is devoted to three types of laser-based spectroscopy of minerals, namely Laser-Induced Time-Resolved Luminescence, Laser-Induced Breakdown spectroscopy and Gated Raman Spectroscopy. This new edition presents the main new data, which have been received after the publication of the first edi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theoretical Background
• Experimental Techniques
• Luminescent Minerals
• Interpretation of Luminescence Centers
• Other laser-based techniques
• Laser Based Spectroscopies for Minerals Prospecting
• Minerals Radiometric Sorting and Online Process Control
• Identification of Minerals
• Waste Storage Geomaterials
• Conclusions
• References.