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

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TITLE: Painted_Aluminum GDS333 LgGr DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Man_Made

SAMPLE_ID: GDS333

MATERIAL_TYPE: Paint

MATERIAL: Painted Aluminum Roofing

FORMULA: CH4 compound

FORMULA_HTML: CH4 compound

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Hardware Store

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Gregg Swayze

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Light gray painted corrugated aluminum roofing. Metal is 0.5 mm thick.

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

XRD_ANALYSIS:

see:

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 has abrupt absorption edge in visible portion of spectrum with two weak absorptions at 0.4423 and 0.5029 microns. After a peak in reflectance at 0.579 microns the spectrum slopes downward toward longer wavelengths. There are at least 10 distinct absorptions of variable strength in the 2 - 2.5 micron region with the strongest absorptions at 2.2647 and 2.3056 microns probably related to organic constituents in the paint coating.

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 10111 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 28401 g.s.=