Structural characterization of temperature- and pressure-induced inverse normal spinel transformation in magnetite

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rozenberg, G Kh ^a   Amiel, Y ^a   Xu, W M ^a   Pasternak, M P ^a   Jeanloz, R ^b   Hanfland, M ^c   Taylor, R D ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33846306689     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.020102     Document Type: Article

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