Bonded interactions in silica polymorphs, silicates, and siloxane molecules

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1085-1102

  Gibbs, G V ^a   Wallace, A F ^a   Cox, D F ^b   Downs, R T ^c   Ross, N L ^a   Rosso, K M ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonded interactions; Coesite; Cristobalite; Electron density distributions; Quartz; Silica; Siloxane; Stishovite

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOND LENGTH; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONS; MOLECULES; ORBITS; QUANTUM THEORY; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TOPOLOGY;

BONDED INTERACTIONS; COESITE; CRISTOBALITES; SILOXANE; STISHOVITE;

SILICON;

COESITE; CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; QUARTZ; SILICA; STISHOVITE;

EID: 76649137615     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3215     Document Type: Article

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