Defects and impurities in jarosite: A computer simulation study

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1251-1258

  Smith, Adrian M L ^a,b,c   Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^b   Dubbin, William E ^c   Wright, Kate ^a,d  

^a DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDES; POSITIVE IONS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

COMPUTER MODELLING TECHNIQUES; DIVALENT METAL CATIONS; ENDOTHERMIC SOLUTION ENERGIES; JAROSITE;

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECT; GEOCHEMISTRY; JAROSITE;

EID: 33746377587     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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