Differential thermal analysis of Sri Lankan-type vein graphite

Geoscience Reports of the Shizuoka University

Volumn , Issue 34, 2007, Pages 7-18

  Matsuura, Yuriko ^a   Kehelpannala, K V Wilbert ^b   Wada, Hideki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Sri Lanka; TG DTA; Vein graphite; XRD

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITIZATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 56549123699     PISSN: 03886298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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