Opal, cristobalite, and tridymite: Noncrystallinity versus crystallinity, nomenclature of the silica minerals and bibliography

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-19

  Smith, Deane K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; CARCINOGENS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDRATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; QUARTZ; SILICA; TERMINOLOGY;

CHARACTERISTIC OF MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; CRYSTALLINITIES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCERS; SHORT RANGE ORDERING;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EID: 0032364827     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0885715600009696     Document Type: Article

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