Humidity-induced phase transitions of ferric sulfate minerals studied by in situ and ex situ X-ray diffraction

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1629-1637

  Xu, Wenqian ^a   Tosca, Nicholas J ^b   Mclennan, Scott M ^a   Parise, John B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric sulfate; Ferricopiapite; Humidity; Kornelite; Paracoquimbite; Rhomboclase

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; SULFATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERRIC SULFATE; FERRICOPIAPITE; KORNELITE; PARACOQUIMBITE; RHOMBOCLASE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EVAPORATION; HYDRATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFATE GROUP; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77249098736     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3182     Document Type: Article

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