FTIR, XRD, EDX with SEM Spectroscopic Studies on Sedimentary Rocks of Bodamalai Hills, South India

Abstract

The sedimentary rocks are posses’ bunch amount of Minerals and Elements. Most of the Eastern Ghats were not much prevalence by Anthropogenic. These Natural Rock sediments undergone through proper investigation by spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, XRD and EDX with SEM are used to identify the Minerals and Elements. The Bodamalai hill is the part of Eastern Ghats, it is formed sedimentary rock samples have been carried out by these spectroscopic techniques to delineate the identification of Minerals and Elements through The Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) technique has been carried out to identify the minerals and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis is made for confirmation of identified minerals such as Quartz, Brunwigite, Calcite, Cristobalite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Halloysite, Hectorite, Illite, Kaolinite, Lepidocrocite, Microline Feldspar, Montmorillonite, Nacrite, Organic Compound, Palygorskite, Sepiolite, and Siderite are identified. The minerals were identified with help of available literature from IR absorption band of location of different peaks. The relative distribution of Quartz, Kaolinite and Felspar, Extinction coefficient, Crystallinity index and the Nature of Crystallinity are also discussed. This study demonstrates the Nature of Crystallinity, which was calculated by Crystalline Index of the Rock cementation in elevation wise from Top to Bottom are discussed.