Classification Workflow
Material Definations
Bulk Importing Materials Information
4 min
requires amics 5 1 0 or newer the released version of amics is {{version}} and can be found at docid\ se8jyhxszdqfpit7s1ja0 with instruction on the docid\ e1faehd1k20uedqhptzlx page manuals for previous versions of the software can be found at the docid\ d2biwe sybowhhdww0anz page it is possible to bulk import the meta data for materials from a text or csv file the format of the imported file has the following columns mineral density formula elements (%) reference notes string float string float string string quartz 2 65 sio2 one column per element from mindat web download note for the elements (%) column, each element will need to have it own column, and the column title needs to be the correct element symbol followed by "(%)" this importation function can be found in the reference menu, under the import spectrum button, and is named import spectrum properties once selected, a standard windows folder interface will open and allow the user to selected the txt or csv file containing the spectrum properties once the file is selected, amics will confirm and import the properties into the selected workflow it should be noted that the imported properties will not contain spectral information, and the user will be required to collect a spectra to make the material definition valid for matching also if the selected classification workflow already contains reference materials, this process will append the imported material properties to the end of the workflow
