Single-crystal elastic properties of alunite, KAl3 (SO4)2(OH)6

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 33, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 567-573

  Majzlan, Juraj ^a   Speziale, S ^b   Duffy, T S ^b   Burns, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alunite; Crystal structure; Elastic constants

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; POISSON RATIO; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALUNITE; BRILLOUIN SPECTROSCOPY; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRON MICROPROBE;

MINERALOGY;

ALUNITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33750688224     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-006-0104-z     Document Type: Article

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