Raman and ir spectroscopic studies of alunite-supergroup compounds containing Al, Cr3+, Fe3+ AND V3+ at the B site

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 663-681

  Murphy, Pamela J ^a   Smith, Adrian M L ^b,c,d   Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^d   Dubbin, William E ^b   Wright, Kate ^c,e  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alunite supergroup; Chromium; Infrared spectra; Jarosite group; Raman; Vanadium; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

A-SITE CATIONS; ALUNITE SUPERGROUP; B-SITE CATIONS; EFFECTIVE IONIC RADIUS; GROUP SYMMETRIES; INFRARED SPECTRA; IR SPECTROSCOPY; IR SPECTRUM; JAROSITE GROUP; JAROSITES; RAMAN; SITE VACANCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRETCHING REGION; SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS; WAVE NUMBERS;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; DIFFRACTION; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFATE MINERALS; VANADIUM ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUNITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION; PHASE TRANSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 69949136513     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.3.663     Document Type: Article

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