Determination of the crystal structure of sanderite, MgSO 4·2H2O, by X-ray powder diffraction and the charge fipping method

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 622-625

  Ma, Hongwei ^a   Bish, David L ^a   Wang, Hsiu Wen ^a   Chipera, Steve J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge flipping; Crystal structure; Mgso4 2h2o; Powder diffraction; Sanderite; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CHARGE FLIPPING; POWDER DIFFRACTION; REFINED MODEL; REFINED STRUCTURES; RIETVELD REFINEMENT METHOD; SANDERITE; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

CATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SULFATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67650300235     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3110     Document Type: Article

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