Crystal structure of synthetic Al4B2O9: A member of the mullite family closely related to boralsilite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 918-927

  Fischer, Reinhard X ^a   Kahlenberg, Volker ^b   Voll, Dietmar ^c   MacKenzie, Kenneth J D ^d   Smith, Mark E ^e   Schnetger, Bernhard ^f   Brumsack, Hans Jürgen ^f   Schneider, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al4B2O9; Aluminum borate; Boralsilite; Boron aluminate; Crystal structure; MAS NMR spectroscopy; Rietveld refinement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; MULLITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

AL4B2O9; ALUMINUM BORATE; BORALSILITE; INTERSTITIAL POSITIONS; MAS-NMR SPECTROSCOPY; MONOCLINIC SPACE GROUPS; OCTAHEDRAL CHAINS; STRUCTURAL UNIT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM; BORATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PORCELLANITE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 46649114765     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2744     Document Type: Article

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