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The alteration of magnetic minerals taking place during the investigation of the temperature variation of bulk magnetic susceptibility is obvious from different courses of heating and cooling susceptibility vs. temperature curves. A set of indices is introduced to characterize these changes numerically. The A 40 alteration index characterizes the change in susceptibility after executing the whole cycle of heating and cooling. The maximum difference between the heating and cooling curves is characterized by the A max alteration index. The mean or average difference between the heating and cooling curves is characterized by the A m alteration index. The situation whether the heating and cooling curves cross, is characterized by the A cr alteration index. The technique of progressive repeated heating is proposed, together with the above indices, to locate the temperature intervals with weak and strong magnetic mineral changes induced by heating.
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Hrouda, F. Indices for Numerical Characterization of the Alteration Processes of Magnetic Minerals Taking Place During Investigation of Temperature Variation of Magnetic Susceptibility. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 47, 847–861 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026398920172
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