The thermoelastic properties of MgSO4·7D2O (epsomite) from powder neutron diffraction and ab initio calculation

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-462

  Fortes, Andrew D ^a   Wood, Ian G ^a   Alfredsson, Maria ^a   Vočadlo, Lidunka ^a   Knight, Kevin S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epsomite; High pressure; Incompressibility; Neutron diffraction; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELASTICITY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES; EPSOMITE; HIGH PRESSURE; INCOMPRESSIBILITY; POWDER NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

CALCULATIONS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 33746478078     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0449     Document Type: Article

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