General model for the aqueous precipitation of rough-surface nanocrystals and application to ferrihydrite genesis

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1428-1439

  Marchand, Philippe ^a,b   Rancourt, Denis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrihydrite; Nanoparticle; Nucleation; Oxyhydroxide; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GROUNDWATER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AQUEOUS PRECIPITATION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES; FERRIHYDRITES; METASTABLE STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; OXYHYDROXIDES; PRECIPITATION KINETICS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FERRIHYDRITE; MODELING; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PETROGENESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 76649098344     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3130     Document Type: Article

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