Successful combination of infrared and X-ray spectroscopic imaging in the analysis of minerals

A research group led by Professor C-U. Ro (Inha University, Korea) has recently reported the combined use of two techniques, attenuated total reflectance FT-IR (ATR-FT-IR) imaging and a quantitative energy-dispersive electron probe X-ray microanalysis, low-Z particle EPMA, for the speciation of mineral particles. For more information, see the paper, "Speciation of Individual Mineral Particles of Micrometer Size by the Combined Use of Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform-Infrared Imaging and Quantitative Energy-Dispersive Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis Techniques", H-J. Jung et al., Anal. Chem. 82, 6193 (2010).