Octahedral cation distribution in palygorskite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 200-203

  Chryssikos, Geor Gios D ^a   Gionis, Vassilis ^a   Kacandes, George H ^b   Stathopoulou, Elizabeth T ^a   Suárez, Mercedes ^c   García Romero, Emilia ^d   Del Río, Manuel Sánchez ^e  

^a THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b Geohellas SA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

AEM; Composition; Dioctahedral; Fe rich; Mg rich; Near infrared spectroscopy; Palygorskite; Sepiolite; Structure; Trioctahedral

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; INFRARED DEVICES; IRON; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIOCTAHEDRAL; OCTAHEDRAL COMPOSITION; PALYGORSKITES; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SEPIOLITE; STRUCTURAL COMPARISON; TRIOCTAHEDRAL;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NEAR INFRARED; PALYGORSKITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67650462690     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3063     Document Type: Article

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