Crystal structure and low-temperature behavior of "disordered" thomsonite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-502

  Diego Gatta, G ^a,b   Kahlenberg, Volker ^c   Kaindl, Reinhard ^c   Rotiroti, Nicola ^a,b   Cappelletti, Piergiulio ^d   Gennaro, Maurizio De' ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Low temperature; Single crystal Raman spectroscopy; Single crystal X ray diffraction; Somma Vesuvious; Thomsonite; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

LOW TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR; LOW TEMPERATURES; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SOMMA-VESUVIOUS; SOMMA-VESUVIUS VOLCANIC COMPLEX; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; THOMSONITE; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TECTOSILICATE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOELASTICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 77950887940     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3353     Document Type: Article

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