Course Contents:
Introduction to sample processing including crushing, grinding, powdering and analysis using multiacids techniques. Techniques used for analysis of various types of silicates, carbonates and other rocks. Determination of Silica, Aluminum, titanium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, iron, phosphorus, alkali metals, gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc, nickel and cobalt by the spectrophotometric and atomic absorption and X-Ray Fluorescence methods. Rock analysis using Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer.
Books Recommended:

1. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry by Van Acker, T., et al. (2023). Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3(1), 52.
2. Chemical methods of rock analyses by Jeffery, P. G., & Hutchison, D. (1986). Oxford: Pargamon Press.
3. Rocks and minerals analysis by Maxwell, J. A. (1968). New York: Interscience Publishers; John Wiley and Sons.
4. Analytical method for geochemical exploration by Loon, J. C. V., & Barefoot, R. R. (1989). New York: Academic Press.
5. Atomic Absorption User’s Guide by Parkin Elmer. (1992). USA: The Perkin Elmer Corporation.
6. Concepts, Instrumentation and Techniques in Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry by Beaty, R. D. (1988). USA: Perkin Elmer Corporation.
7. Analysis of Geological Material by Riddle, C. (1993). Marcel Dekker.