Solidification and microstructures of binary ice-I/hydrate eutectic aggregates

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1550-1560

  McCarthy, Christine ^a,b   Cooper, Reid F ^b   Kirby, Stephen H ^a   Rieck, Karen D ^c   Stern, Laura A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Crystal growth; Eutectic reaction; Ice; Icy satellites; Lunar and planetary studies; Phase equilibria; Salt hydrate; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUTECTICS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; ICE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACID; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYOGENIC SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUTECTIC REACTIONS; EUTECTIC SOLIDIFICATION; HOMOGENEOUS AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ICY SATELLITES; LUNAR AND PLANETARY STUDIES; SALT HYDRATES; SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIORS;

SOLIDIFICATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ICE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 35448980408     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2435     Document Type: Article

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