Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of Fe3+ ions in amethyst: Thermodynamic potentials and magnetic susceptibility

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-167

  SivaRamaiah, Gobburu ^a,b   Lin, Jinru ^a   Pan, Yuanming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government College for Men (A)   (India)

Author keywords

Amethyst quartz; EPR; Magnetic susceptibility; Silica particles; Thermodynamic potentials

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; QUARTZ; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); ENTHALPY OF ACTIVATION; ENTROPY OF ACTIVATION; SILICA PARTICLES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL AND POWDER; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMETHYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRON; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; QUARTZ; SILICA; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79251594038     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-010-0391-2     Document Type: Article

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