Unoccupied states of pyrite probed by electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS)

American Mineralogist

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-491

  Garvie, Laurence A J ^a   Buseck, Peter R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BANDS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY GAP; IRON; MAGNETIC CORES; MIXING; PYRITES; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; CONDUCTION-BAND STATE; DEGREE OF MIXING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTRUM; ENERGY SCALE; OPTICAL DIPOLES; SPECTRAL FEATURE; UNOCCUPIED STATE;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON SULFIDE; MINERALOGY; PYRITE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 1942467062     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2004-0402     Document Type: Article

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