Direct determination of cation site occupancies in natural ferrite spinels by L2,3 X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 880-893

  Pearce, Carolyn I ^a   Henderson, C Michael B ^a,b   Pattrick, Richard A D ^a   van der Laan, Gerrit ^b   Vaughan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cation distribution; Chemical (mineral); Fe2+ Fe3+ ratio; Magnetic properties; Magnetite; Major and minor elements; Microprobe analysis; Natural ferrite spinel; Order disorder; Site vacancies in natural ferrite spinel; XAS (XMCD) XRD data

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; FERRITE; HEMATITE; IRON; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; POSITIVE IONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS; CATION DISTRIBUTIONS; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FERRITE SPINEL; SITE VACANCIES;

MANGANESE METALLOGRAPHY;

CATION; MAGNETITE; SPINEL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33745479653     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2048     Document Type: Article

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