Synthesis and characterization of 1:1 layered uranyl silicate mineral phases

Chemical Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-157

  Wall, Nathalie A ^a   Clark, Sue B ^a   McHale, Jeanne L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltwoodite; Sklodowskite; Surface charge; Uranium(VI) silicate; Uranophane

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; METHYLATION; OPTIMIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953869563     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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