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Clark and others 2007 USGS Data Series 231
Spectral Library splib06a Sample Description

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TITLE: Cedar GDS359 Med Weathered Shake DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Man_Made

SAMPLE_ID: GDS359

MATERIAL_TYPE: Wood

MATERIAL: Cedar Shake

FORMULA: Unknown

FORMULA_HTML: Unknown

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Residential roof in Lakewood, Colorado

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Gregg Swayze

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Lab

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Lab

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Cedar shake from residential roof, collected in Lakewood, Colorado. Shake was exposed to the weather on a roof for about 5 years.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

END_XRD_ANALYSIS.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem

COMPOSITION_TRACE: None

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:

END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

Spectrum was measured on the weathered surface of the shake. The spectrum ramps upward with a large concave absorption centered at 0.5148 microns. Past 1.1 microns the spectrum has a number of spectral absorptions due to water, cellulose, and lignin. There is a strong asymmetric absorption at 1.4502 microns. A broad complex of absorptions centered at 1.74 microns is probably C-H overtone related. There are other absorptions at 1.9195, 2.0991, 2.2694, 2.3345, and 2.3838 microns.

END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.

SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

LIB_SPECTRA_HED: where Wave Range Av_Rs_Pwr Comment
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 10518 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 27761 g.s.=