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Research Article
Mineral characterization of Coastal Sediments of East Coast of Tamilnadu, India using FT-IR Spectroscopy
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This article was originally published by Qassim University and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
This article was originally published by Qassim University and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
Abstract
The characterization of minerals in sediments collected from Pattipulam to Devanampattinam of East Coast of Tamilnadu, India was carried out using FT-IR spectroscopic technique. The minerals identification was done by using band position of IR absorption peaks from the available literatures. The minerals such as quartz, microcline, orthoclase, albite, kaolinite, montmorlinite, calcite, aragonite and organic carbon are identified. From the analysis. quartz was identified as major mineral and kaolinite, montmorlinite, calcite and aragonite accessory minerals from the presence of number of peaks. FT-IR spectroscopy was powerful tool for the mineral analysis of coastal sediments from the analysis.