Structure solution from powder data of the phosphate hydrate tinticite

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-588

  Rius, Jordi ^a   Louër, Daniel ^b   Louër, Michèle ^b   Galí, Salvador ^c   Melgarejo, Joan Carles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ab initio structure determination; Direct methods; Mineral; Phosphate hydrate; Powder diffraction; Rietveld analysis; Tinticite

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; MICROCRYSTALS; MINERALS; OLIGOMERS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

AB INITIO STRUCTURE; DIRECT METHOD; INTEGRATED INTENSITIES; OCTAHEDRALLY COORDINATED; POWDER DIFFRACTION; TINTICITE; TRICLINIC SPACE GROUP; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATE; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034040437     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0581     Document Type: Article

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