Cesium and strontium incorporation into zeolite-type phases during homogeneous nucleation from caustic solutions

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1809-1820

  Rivera, Nelson ^a   Choi, Sunkyung ^b   Strepka, Caleb ^c   Mueller, Karl ^c   Perdrial, Nicolas ^d   Chorover, Jon ^d   O'Day, Peggy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancrinite; Cesium; Sodalite; Strontium; Zeolite X

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CESIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; MINERALS; MOLAR RATIO; NUCLEATION; POSITIVE IONS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITES;

BULK CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CANCRINITES; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; SODALITE; ZEOLITE X;

STRONTIUM;

CANCRINITE; CESIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALOGY; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SODALITE; STRONTIUM; SURFACE AREA; ZEOLITE;

EID: 81855168416     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3789     Document Type: Article

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