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

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TITLE: Plastic_PETE GDS383 Clrbluis DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Man_Made

SAMPLE_ID: GDS383

MATERIAL_TYPE: Plastic

MATERIAL: Clear-Bluish PETE Plastic

FORMULA: CH4 compound

FORMULA_HTML: CH4 compound

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Grocery Store

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Gregg Swayze

CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Spectroscopy Lab

ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Spectroscopy Lab

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Clear bluish plastic from a food container labeled PETE (1) 1258. Sample is 0.5 mm thick.

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:

Complex spectrum with a strong absorption centered around 0.62 microns resulting in a reflectance peak at 0.48 microns (imparting the bluish color). The 1.7 micron C-H stretch absorptions and 2.3 micron C-H combination bands are strong in this sample. There is also a triplet absorption centered around 2.15 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 10362 0.2-3.0µm 200 g.s.=
LIB_SPECTRA: splib06a r 28958 g.s.=