Evaluation of Rock Powdering Methods to Obtain Fine-grained Samples for Chemin, a Combined Xrd/xrf Instrument
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CHEMIN, A COMBINED XRD/XRF INSTRUMENT. S. J. Chipera, D. T. Vaniman, D. L. Bish, P. Sarrazin, S. Feldman, D. F. Blake, G. Bearman, and Y. Bar-Cohen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405, Apparati Inc., 110 Pioneer Way, Suite I, Mountain View, CA 94041, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, JPL, MS 306-336, Pasadena, CA 91109, JPL, MS 82-105, Pasadena, CA 91109.
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