The crystal chemistry of hexavalent uranium: Polyhedron geometries, bond-valence parameters, and polymerization of polyhedra

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1551-1570

  Burns, Peter C ^a,d   Ewing, Rodney C ^b,e   Hawthorne, Frank C ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond valence; Polyhedral geometry; Uranium; Uranium mineral; Uranyl

Indexed keywords

BOND VALENCE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; POLYHEDRAL GEOMETRY; URANIUM MINERAL; URANYL;

EID: 0031373287     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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