Maria,
an objective evaluation of the performance of a method should be done
independently from the methodic preferences of any author. Thus, only a
comparative study like the Reynolds Cup (mineral analysis) can give a
suitable picture.
McCarty, D.K. (2002) Mineral analysis of clay-bearing mixt
To the best of my knowledge, Rietveld is the only statistically reliable
method to obtain a quantitative distribution of mineral phases in complex
systems, such as soils, cements etc. I know that there are some thermal
methods (TGA, DTA) that require pure standards for quantitative analysis,
which
