Useful articles, etc. for Mineral Separation Lab and Cosmolab

Below are some maps, lists, recipes, methods, and articles that will provide helpful background information:

Be/Al extraction methods from colleague Darryl Granger of Purdue University (.pdf)

Be/Al extraction methods from University of Pennsylvania (.pdf)

¹⁰Be Chemistry for Sediments (.pdf)

Hand drawn map to Shelburne Limestone Corporation (.pdf)

LST color change information (.pdf)

Old methods for Mineral Separation Laboratory (.pdf)

Method using HCl to remove CaCO3 (.pdf)

Technique for quantitative separation of quartz from feldspars (.pdf)

Dismantling an exhaust ventilation system suspected of contamination with perchlorates (.pdf)

How to make simple solutions and dilutions (.pdf)

Preparation of Common Types of Reagent Water and Desk Reagents (.pdf)

Recipes for acid dilution in Cosmolab (.pdf)

Chapters on pertinent Elements from Handbook of Geochemistry

Fischer, K. and H. Puchelt, 1972, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 56- Barium, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)

Christ, C.L. and H. Harder, 1969, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 5- Boron, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)

Brehler, B. and R. Fuge, 1974, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 17- Chlorine, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)

Cocco, G., L. Fanfani, P.Z. Zanazzi, K.S. Heier, and G.K. Billings, 1969, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 3- Lithium, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)

Bayer, G., J.J.W. Rogers, J.A.S. Adams, and U.K. Haack, 1974, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 90- Thorium, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)

Pertlik, F., J.J.W. Rogers, J.A.S. Adams, and U.K. Haack, 1969, Handbook of Geochemistry Chapter 92- Uranium, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg (download pdf)