Transformation of mackinawite to greigite: An in situ X-ray powder diffraction and transmission electron microscope study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 302-309

  Lennie, Alistair R ^a   Redfern, Simon A T ^b   Champness, Pamela E ^a   Stoddart, Chris P ^c   Schofield, Paul F ^d   Vaughan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITES; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; EXPANSION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; IRON; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNETITE; PYRITES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMAL EXPANSION; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; HEATING EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; MONOCHROMATIC SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; PARTIAL TRANSFORMATION; SITU X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GREIGITE; MACKINAWITE; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; TEM; XRD;

EID: 0030664149     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-3-408     Document Type: Article

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