Formation of Pt, Pd and Ni tellurides: Experiments in sulfide-telluride systems

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-591

  Helmy, Hassan M ^a   Ballhaus, Chris ^b   Berndt, Jasper ^c   Bockrath, Cornelia ^d   Wohlgemuth Ueberwasser, Cora ^c  

^a El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Landesmuseum Kärnten ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SOLID SOLUTION; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFIDE; TELLURIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33947712581     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0163-7     Document Type: Article

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