Distinguishing among schoepite, [(UO2)8O2(OH)12](H 2O)12, and related minerals by X-ray powder diffraction

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 230-238

  Finch, Robert J ^a,c   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Miller, Mark L ^b   Ewing, Rodney C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculated powder pattern; Metaschoepite; Paraschoepite; Schoepite; Uranyl oxide hydrate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

METASCHOEPITE; PARASCHOEPITE; POWDER PATTERNS; SCHOEPITE; URANYL OXIDE;

X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031321473     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0885715600009799     Document Type: Article

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