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Department of Chemistry University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Spectroscopic Examination of Sedimentary Minerals in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Located in Sub-Saharan Africa, Using XRD, EdXRF, and FTIR Methods
  Author(s): Abdulrahman Babatunde Ameen* and Folahan Amoo Adekola
  
  This study investigates the chemical and crystal structural properties of sediment minerals from Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State in Nigeria's North Central Zone, using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Spectroscopy, Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Spectroscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. The primary minerals identified at three sampling locations in Ilorin were quartz (SiO2 ), followed by anatase, with lower concentrations of oxides like ilmenite, chlorite, garnet, graphite, orthoclase, goethite, and sanidine, alongside trace elements in impurity form. The XRD results aligned with the EDXRF findings, revealing the highest silica concentration (65.768) and the lowest levels of nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, and lanthanum III oxide (0.00). In the FTIR analysis, strong absorption bands were noted at 3911 and 3656, representing the primary components of the.. Read More»
  

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