The structure of boltwoodite and implications of solid solution toward sodium boltwoodite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1069-1075

  Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltwoodite; Crystal structure; Repository; Sodium boltwoodite; Spent nuclear fuel; Uranophane; Uranyl mineral

Indexed keywords

BOLTWOODITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SODIUM; SOLID SOLUTION;

EID: 0032456733     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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