Crystallite size distribution of kaolin minerals

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-92

  Šucha, Vladimír ^a   Kraus, Ivan ^a   Šamajová, Eva ^a   Puškelová, Lǔbica ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

BWA technique; Halloysites; Kaolin; Phyllosilicates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003063364     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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