Surface structural controls on pyrite oxidation kinetics: An XPS-UPS, STM, and modeling study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1036-1056

  Eggleston, Carrick M ^a,d   Ehrhardt, Jean Jacques ^b   Stumm, Werner ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PYRITES; RATE CONSTANTS; REDOX REACTIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; DENSITY OF ELECTRONIC STATE; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TWO-STEP MECHANISMS;

OXIDATION;

OXIDATION KINETICS; PYRITE; STM; UPS; XPS;

EID: 0030424588     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-9-1002     Document Type: Article

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