Structural transitions and electron transfer in coffinite, USiO 4, at high pressure

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 916-920

  Zhang, F X ^a   Pointeau, V ^a   Shuller, L C ^a   Reaman, D M ^b   Lang, M ^a   Liu, Zhenxian ^c   Hu, Jingzhu ^d   Panero, W R ^b   Becker, U ^a   Poinssot, C ^e   Ewing, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Coffinite; High pressure; IR; Phase transition; XRD

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IRIDIUM; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICATE MINERALS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCON;

COFFINITE; HIGH PRESSURE; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; PARTIAL AMORPHIZATION; SCHEELITE-TYPE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COFFINITE; COMPRESSION; ELECTRON; HIGH PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SCHEELITE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 68949122825     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3111     Document Type: Article

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