Chemical bond properties and hardness estimation of rare earth garnets

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-149

  Gao, Lihua ^a   Gao, Faming ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical bond properties; Hardness; Rare earth garnets

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS;

BOND ORDERS; BOND PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL BOND PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL BOND PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC THEORIES; GARNET CRYSTALS; HARDNESS VALUES; IONICITY; UNIT CELLS;

GARNETS;

EID: 56449131356     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2008.07.069     Document Type: Article

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