Constrained interactions, rigidity, adaptative networks, and their role for the description of silicates

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1732-1748

  Micoulaut, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Constraints; Network glasses; Rigidity; Silicates

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; GLASS; RIGIDITY;

ALKALINE EARTH SILICATES; BOND CONSTRAINT THEORIES; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CONSTRAINTS; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; MEAN COORDINATION NUMBERS; MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS; NETWORK GLASS;

SILICATES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GLASS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIGIDITY; SILICATE;

EID: 58049124304     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2903     Document Type: Article

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