Structural elucidation of stabilized tetragonal ThSiO4: A neutron diffraction study

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-217

  Grover, V ^a   Chakraborty, Keka R ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Neutron diffraction; Rietveld refinement; Thorite

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION DATA; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION; TETRAGONAL MODIFICATION; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE; THORITE; UNIT-CELL PARAMETERS;

RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION;

EID: 31144472869     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.1997168     Document Type: Article

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