Refinement of the kaolinite structure from single-crystal synchrotron data

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-494

  Neder, R B ^a,c   Burghammer, M ^a,b   Grasl, T H ^a   Schulz, H ^a   Bram, A ^b   Fiedler, S ^b  

^a Institut für Kristallographie   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c Mineralogisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Diffuse scattering; H positions; Kaolinite; Microcrystal; Single crystal refinement; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENCE-FOURIER METHOD; KAOLINITE; MICROFOCUS X RAY ANALYSIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; KAOLINITE;

IOWA; KEOKUK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032702503     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470411     Document Type: Article

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