TY - JOUR A1 - Nestler, K. A1 - Dietrich, D. A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Rößler, R. A1 - Marx, G. T1 - Thermogravimetric and RAMAN Spectroscopic Investigations on different Coals in Comparison to dispersed Anthracite found in Permineralized tree fern Psaronius sp. N2 - Permineralized samples of the tree fern Psaronius sp. belong to the spectacular discoveries of the Lower Permian Rotliegend ‘Petrified forest of Chemnitz’, one of the most famous palaeontological sites in the world. The cellular tissues of the 280 million years old fossil fern show a delicate three-dimensional preservation by permineralization. Moreover, anatomical detail can be distinguished very well because of the black coloured former cell walls. By means of Raman spectroscopy this fossilised tissue of the adventitious roots is revealed to be carbon which structure seems to correspond to anthracite. The aim of this work is the experimental confirmation of the carbon structure by means of thermogravimetry and Raman spectroscopy on coal samples of different rank, especially anthracite samples from different times and localities. Coal maturation involves the sequence peat–lignite–coal–anthracite-microcrystalline graphite by incresasing the density and specific energy. The loss of in situ moisture (typically up to 200 °C) and volatile organic matter (up to 600 °C) has been acquired by thermogravimetry. The increasing carbon content, density resp. structure results in Raman spectra with typical band shape of the D- and G-peaks. We used these methods to characterise and compare the separated coal samples to the dispersed carbon inclusions in permineralized Psaronius. KW - Thermogravimetry KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Anthracite KW - Coal rank KW - Permineralisation PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2003.09.020 SN - 0022-2860 SN - 1872-8014 SN - 0377-046X VL - 661-662 SP - 357 EP - 362 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-2811 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Götze, J. A1 - Rößler, R. A1 - Dietrich, D. A1 - Marx, G. T1 - Raman and cathodoluminescence spectroscopic investigations on Permian fossil wood from Chemnitz - a contribution to the study of the permineralisation process N2 - Samples of different three-dimensionally preserved fossil plants (Medullosa sp., Dadoxylon sp., Calamodendron striatum, Psaronius sp.) from the Lower Permian petrified forest of Chemnitz were examined with regard to their chemical composition and structural order. Raman spectroscopy and cathodoluminescence microscopy are shown to be powerful tools for such investigations. Silicified wood from Chemnitz–Hilbersdorf generally shows yellow cathodoluminescence (CL) of the cell walls and only weak yellow-brownish CL of the cell lumina. By time-resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, a secondary mineralisation of hydrothermal origin was recognized. The latter is shown by short-lived blue CL at the cell walls extinguishing the yellow signal. Therefore, after the primary silicification step a secondary mineralisation step initiated by hydrothermal processes, seems to have taken place at probably slightly higher temperatures. The resulting silica matrix consists of phanerocrystalline and microcrystalline a-quartz as well as microcrystalline moganite, both partially associated with iron oxides. Dadoxylon sp. is a prominent example for parallel permineralisation by a-quartz and fluorspar, which is outstanding for the Chemnitz Petrified Forest. CL on this samples shows parallel silicification and fluoritisation, followed by infiltration of iron oxides. Permineralised samples show very low percentage of original organic remains. The seed fern Medullosa, for example, shows dispersed carbon, which is mainly restricted to the centres of the typical star-shaped vascular bundles. Raman spectroscopy revealed that these carbonaceous particles are of an anthracite structure. For experimental confirmation coal samples of different rank, especially anthracite from different geological times and localities, were studied by means of Raman spectroscopy. The remaining pith of the vascular bundles is white-coloured and consists of a-quartz and moganite, whereas surrounding tracheides exhibit white and reddish coloured parts. The reddish parts, mainly found in the rays, additionally contain a-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 among the SiO2 polymorphs of a-quartz and moganite. Sometimes iron oxides could have dominated permineralisation processes as the peak intensities of distinct parts of the samples suggest. KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Cathodoluminescence microscopy KW - Petrified wood KW - Permineralisation KW - Anthracite PY - 2004 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_cdi=5287&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000049503&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=963821&md5=ebfde1a480f4ae6a3eb0052a1b8e7c2a&jchunk=60#60 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2003.12.045 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 60 IS - 12 SP - 2903 EP - 2912 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-4122 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Dietrich, D. A1 - Marx, G. A1 - Götze, J. A1 - Rößler, R. T1 - Cathodoluminescence and RAMAN studies on permineralisations of medullosa sp. T2 - 11. Tagung Festkörperanalytik CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 2001-06-25 PY - 2001 PB - GDCh CY - Frankfurt am Main AN - OPUS4-1057 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Dietrich, D. A1 - Rößler, R. A1 - Marx, G. T1 - Raman spectroscopy on Psaronius sp.: a contribution to the understanding of the permineralization process N2 - Samples of the permineralized tree fern Psaronius sp. from the Lower Permian Rotliegend of Chemnitz were examined to find out their chemical composition and structural behavior. The inhomogenic distribution of elementary constituents of oxides, sulfates and carbonates within the silica-matrix consisting of ?-quartz and chalcedony were formerly detected by analytical X-ray microscopy. Most of the compounds could be revealed by Raman spectroscopy. Calcite and barite developed in small fissures. Iron of different oxidation level is the prevailing pigment in the agate preserved adventitious roots. Coalified cellulose whose structure mainly corresponds to anthracite reflects the anatomical detail of the former organic tissues. KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Petrified forest KW - Permineralization PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(01)00284-7 SN - 0169-4332 SN - 1873-5584 VL - 179 IS - 1-4 SP - 230 EP - 233 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-1127 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Witke, Klaus A1 - Dietrich, D. A1 - Götze, J. A1 - Rößler, R. A1 - Marx, G. T1 - Cathodoluminescence microscopy and micro-RAMAN spectroscopy on Medullos stellata v. COTTA - a contribution to the study of the permineralisation process KW - CL microscopy KW - CL Spectroscopy KW - RAMAN spectroscopy KW - Permineralisation PY - 2001 SN - 0937-0633 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-1079 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Demidov, Alexandr A1 - Eschlböck-Fuchs, S. A1 - Kazakov, Alexander Ya. A1 - Gornushkin, Igor B. A1 - Kolmhofer, P. J. A1 - Pedarnig, J. D. A1 - Huber, N. A1 - Heitz, J. A1 - Schmid, Thomas A1 - Rössler, R. A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Monte Carlo standardless approach for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy based on massive parallel graphic processing unit computing N2 - The improved Monte-Carlo (MC) method for standard-less analysis in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is presented. Concentrations in MC LIBS are found by fitting model-generated synthetic spectra to experimental spectra. The current version of MC LIBS is based on the graphic processing unit (GPU) computation and reduces the analysis time down to several seconds per spectrum/sample. The previous version of MC LIBS which was based on the central processing unit (CPU) computation requested unacceptably long analysis times of 10's minutes per spectrum/sample. The reduction of the computational time is achieved through the massively parallel computing on the GPU which embeds thousands of co-processors. It is shown that the number of iterations on the GPU exceeds that on the CPU by a factor > 1000 for the 5-dimentional parameter space and yet requires > 10-fold shorter computational time. The improved GPU-MC LIBS outperforms the CPU-MS LIBS in terms of accuracy, precision, and analysis time. The performance is tested on LIBS-spectra obtained from pelletized powders of metal oxides consisting of CaO, Fe2O3, MgO, and TiO2 that simulated by-products of steel industry, steel slags. It is demonstrated that GPU-based MC LIBS is capable of rapid multi-element analysis with relative error between 1 and 10's percent that is sufficient for industrial applications (e.g. steel slag analysis). The results of the improved GPU-based MC LIBS are positively compared to that of the CPU-based MC LIBS as well as to the results of the standard calibration-free (CF) LIBS based on the Boltzmann plot method. KW - Monte Carlo simulation KW - Parallel computing KW - Calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy KW - Post-breakdown laser induced plasma KW - Quaternary oxides PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.09.016 VL - 125 SP - 97 EP - 102 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-38489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eschlböck-Fuchs, S. A1 - Huber, N. A1 - Ahamer, C. M. A1 - Hechenberger, J. G. A1 - Kolmhofer, P. J. A1 - Heitz, J. A1 - Rössler, R. A1 - Demidov, Alexander A1 - Schmid, Thomas A1 - Gornushkin, Igor B. A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Pedarnig, J. D. T1 - Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the analysis of slags in industrial steel production N2 - Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a fast and versatile technique for (semi) quantitative element analysis of solids, liquids, gases, and particulate matter. The LIBS method is used for optical sensing in various branches of industrial production. In the contribution we review some of our recent results on LIBS analysis of slags from secondary metallurgy in industrial steel making. Major oxides in steel slags are measured at-line and after homogenization using a calibration-free (CF) method. Two approaches for CF analysis based on the Boltzmann plot method and on the calculation of synthetic spectra are compared for the analysis of quaternary oxides. We also present the research in cooperation with our industrial partners in the process-analytical chemistry network PAC. T2 - 11. Kolloquium Arbeitskreis Prozessanalytik CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 30.11.2015 KW - Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) KW - Process analytical technology KW - Steel slag PY - 2015 PB - Plandruck+ Gesellschaft m.b.H. CY - Wien AN - OPUS4-39005 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eschlböck-Fuchs, S. A1 - Demidov, Alexander A1 - Gornushkin, Igor B. A1 - Schmid, Thomas A1 - Rössler, R. A1 - Huber, N. A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Pedarnig, J. D. T1 - Tomography of homogenized laser-induced plasma by Radon transform technique N2 - Tomography of a laser-induced plasma in air is performed by inverse Radon transform of angle-resolved plasma images. Plasmas were induced by single laser pulses (SP), double pulses (DP) in collinear geometry, and by a combination of single laser pulses with pulsed arc discharges (SP-AD). Images of plasmas on metallurgical steel slags were taken at delay times suitable for calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (CFLIBS). Delays ranged from few microseconds for SP and DP up to tens of microseconds for SP-AD excitation. The white-light and the spectrally resolved emissivity ε(x,y,z) was reconstructed for the three plasma excitation schemes. The electron number density Ne(x,y,z) and plasma temperature Te(x,y,z) were determined from Mg and Mn emission lines in reconstructed spectra employing the Saha-Boltzmann plot method. The SP plasma revealed strongly inhomogeneous emissivity and plasma temperature. Re-excitation of plasma by a second laser pulse (DP) and by an arc discharge (SP-AD) homogenized the plasma and reduced the spatial variation of ε and Te. The homogenization of a plasma is a promising approach to increase the accuracy of calibration-free LIBS analysis of complex materials. KW - Plasma tomography KW - Laser induced plasma KW - Radon transform technique KW - Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) KW - Steel slag KW - Calibration-free analysis PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2016.07.007 VL - 123 SP - 59 EP - 67 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-37452 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kahlau, R. A1 - Gnutzmann, Tanja A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Rössler, E.A. T1 - Quinaldine: Accessing two crystalline polymorphs via the supercooled liquid N2 - Quinaldine (2-methyl quinoline) is a liquid at room temperature, which can be supercooled to reach finally the glassy state. By heating the glass above the glass transition temperature Tg = 180 K the sample performs two subsequent transitions into, likewise, dielectrically active phases. Thus, the reorientational relaxations of these phases as well as the kinetics of the phase transitions can be tracked in a highly resolved way by dielectric spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction analysis clearly shows two structurally different crystalline phases in addition to the supercooled liquid. Calorimetric measurements support the notion of first order phase transitions, occurring irreversibly in the supercooled regime, and suggest that the intermediate crystalline phase is metastable, too. Analyzing the quite distinct dielectric relaxation strengths, we discuss the possible nature of the two crystalline phases. Additionally, a very similar behavior to quinaldine is observed for 3-methyl quinoline, indicating a broad field of polymorphism among the quinoline derivatives. KW - Calorimetry KW - Dielectric liquids KW - Dielectric relaxation KW - Glass transition KW - Liquid structure KW - Organic compounds KW - Polymorphism KW - Supercooling KW - X-ray diffraction PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4738583 SN - 0021-9606 SN - 1089-7690 VL - 137 IS - 5 SP - 054505-1 - 054505-10 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-26347 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gnutzmann, Tanja A1 - Kahlau, R. A1 - Scheifler, S. A1 - Friedrichs, Ferdinand A1 - Rössler, A. A1 - Rademann, Klaus A1 - Emmerling, Franziska T1 - Crystal growth rates and molecular dynamics of nifedipine N2 - The unusually fast crystallization of the organic compound nifedipine has been investigated in detail using different solutions as precursors for the formation of the initial glassy nifedipine films. Starting from these amorphous films the crystallization process was investigated by time-resolved light microscopy at different temperatures around Tg of nifedipine. In all studied cases (acetone, acetonitrile, ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran) the measured mean crystallization rates are, on average, 10000 times higher than rates reported in previous studies. Such high rates cannot be explained by a classical diffusional crystal growth mechanism of nifedipine. Instead, nifedipine shows a strong propensity for diffusionless growth. Solvent assisted or solvent induced preordering of the glassy modification is suggested to be the most probable driving force behind these fast crystallization processes. The nifedipine crystallization rates can be controlled not only by specific solvent–molecule interactions but also by temperature. Below 40 °C, the temperature dependence of the rates is generally small. Above 40 °C, a slowing down of the crystallization rates with increasing temperatures indicates a kinetic competition between different polymorphs. The molecular dynamics of nifedipine molecules in the amorphous phase as well as the relaxation times are studied by dielectric measurements. The dielectric data corroborate the inherently strong propensity of nifedipine to crystallize diffusionlessly under all conditions. KW - Fast crystallization KW - Diffusionless growth KW - Polymorphism KW - Nifedipine KW - Preordering KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Dielectric spectroscopy PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ce26911b SN - 1466-8033 VL - 15 IS - 20 SP - 4017 EP - 4202 CY - London, UK AN - OPUS4-28307 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -