Annealing metamict zircon: A powder X-ray diffraction study of a highly defective phase

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2711-2716

  Colombo, Monica ^a   Chrosch, Jutta ^a,b   Salje, Ekhard K H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCON;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; METAMICT; RIETVELD REFINEMENT;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033204509     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02146.x     Document Type: Article

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