Structure determination of the 2.5 hydrate MgSO4 phase by simulated annealing

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1071-1074

  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

Crystal structure; MgSO4 2.4H 2O; Mgso4 2.5H2O; Powder diffraction; Rietveld refinement; Simulated annealing; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SIMULATED ANNEALING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

H2O MOLECULES; HYDRATE PHASE; LAYER STRUCTURES; POWDER DIFFRACTION; REFINED MODEL; REFINED STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAGNESIUM; MONOCLINE; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SULFATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 68949135635     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3221     Document Type: Article

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