Dissolution of uranyl-oxide-hydroxy-hydrate minerals. II. Becquerelite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1207-1225

  Schindler, Michael ^a   Hawthorne, Frank C ^a   Burns, Peter C ^b   Maurice, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Becquerelite; Bond valence; Dissolution; Etch pit; Mineral; Surface; Uranyl oxide of Ca

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BASAL SURFACE; BECQUERELITE; BOND-VALENCE DEFICIENCY; ETCH PITS; URANYL OXIDE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM;

EID: 33751247046     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.5.1207     Document Type: Article

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