Structural Fe3+ in natural kaolinites: New insights from electron paramagnetic resonance spectra fitting at X and Q-band frequencies

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-616

  Balan, Etienne ^a   Allard, Thierry ^a   Boizot, Bruno ^a   Morin, Guillaume ^a   Muller, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dickite; Disorder; EPR; Fe3+; Kaolinite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; FREQUENCIES; IRON; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITIVE IONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STACKING FAULTS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

FOURTH ORDER FINE STRUCTURE PARAMETERS; KAOLINITES; LEAST SQUARE FITTING; Q BAND FREQUENCIES; X BAND FREQUENCIES;

CLAY MINERALS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DICKITE; KAOLINITE;

EID: 0033208174     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470507     Document Type: Article

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