Silica transfer and β-quartz growth from supercritical aqueous fluids

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Balitsky, V S ^a   Balitskaya, L V ^a   Bublikova, T M ^a   Kalinichev, A G ^a   Marina, E A ^a   Iwasaki, H ^b   Iwasaki, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous fluids; Growth; Quartz; Silica transfer

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; AMORPHOUS SILICA; AQUEOUS FLUIDS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORIDE ION; GROWTH; HIGH-PRESSURE VESSEL; IMPURITY ELEMENT; INTERNAL VOLUME; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PURE WATER; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; QUARTZ GROWTH; QUARTZ STRUCTURE; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BOILERS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DISSOCIATION; FLUIDS; GERMANIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NUTRIENTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; QUARTZ; SILICA; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 33645687806     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(98)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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