On the crystal structure and crystal chemistry of pollucite, (Cs,Na) 16Al16Si32O96k·H 2O: A natural microporous material of interest in nuclear technology

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1560-1568

  Gatta, D G ^a,b   Rinaldi, R ^c   Mcintyre, G J ^d   Nenert G ^d   Bellatreccia, F ^e   Guastoni, A ^f   Ventura, D G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Pollucite; Single crystal ftir; Single crystal neutron diffraction; Single crystal x ray diffraction; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; MOLECULES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; SILICATES; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

FTIR; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION DATA; POLLUCITES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY AND NEUTRON DIFFRACTIONS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY MICROANALYSIS; X-RAY AND NEUTRON DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZEOLITE;

AFGHANISTAN; LAGHMAN; MAINE; OXFORD COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249161664     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3237     Document Type: Article

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