Thermodynamics of uranyl minerals: Enthalpies of formation of rutherfordine, UO2CO3, andersonite, Na2CaUO2(CO3)3 (H2O)5, and grimselite, K3NaUO 2(CO3)3H2O

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1284-1290

  Kubatko, Karrie Ann ^a   Helean, Katheryn B ^b   Navrotsky, Alexandra ^b   Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; ENTHALPY; POTASH; SODIUM CARBONATE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID BASE CHARACTERS; BINARY OXIDES; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; ENTHALPIES OF FORMATION; ENTHALPY OF FORMATION; FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDE MELT SOLUTION CALORIMETRY; STANDARD ENTHALPIES OF FORMATION;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANDERSONITE; ENTHALPY; GRIMSELITE; MINERALOGY; RUTHERFORDINE; THERMODYNAMICS; URANIUM;

EID: 26944476291     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1821     Document Type: Article

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