High-temperature behaviour of melilite: In situ X-ray diffraction study of gehlenite-kermanite-Na melilite solid solution

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-155

  Merlini, Marco ^a   Gemmi, Mauro ^b   Cruciani, Giuseppe ^c   Artioli, Gilberto ^d  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High temperature; Melilite; Solid solution; Thermal expansion; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EXPANSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GEHLENITE; IN SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; KERMANITE; MELILITE; VOLUMETRIC THERMAL EXPANSION;

MINERALS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELILITE; SOLID SOLUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 41549096965     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-007-0206-2     Document Type: Article

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