A bond-valence approach to the uranyl-oxide hydroxy-hydrate minerals: Chemical composition and occurrence

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1601-1627

  Schindler, Michael ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity activity diagrams; Binary representation; Bond valence theory; Uranyl oxide minerals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; POSITIVE IONS; TOPOLOGY;

BOND-VALENCE APPROACH; LAW OF MASS ACTION; LEWIS BASICITY; MOLAR RATIOS;

HYDRATES;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 15044347035     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1601     Document Type: Article

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