Thermal behavior of metal nanoparticles in geologic materials

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1033-1036

  Reich, Martin ^a,b   Utsunomiya, Satoshi ^a   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Wang, Lumin ^a   Ewing, Rodney C ^a   Becker, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carlin type gold; Epithermal; Gold; Nanoparticles; Ostwald ripening

Indexed keywords

ARSENIAN PYRITE; CARLIN-TYPE GOLD; OSTWALD RIPENING;

GOLD; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33845581807     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22829A.1     Document Type: Article

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