Rigid unit modes in the high-temperature phase of SiO2 tridymite: Calculations and electron diffraction

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-62

  Dove, M T ^a   Hammonds, K D ^a   Heine, V ^b   Withers, R L ^c   Xiao, Y ^d   Kirkpatrick, R J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIGID UNIT MODE; SCATTERING; TEM; TRIDYMITE;

EID: 0029752217     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00202994     Document Type: Article

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