Combined neutron and X-ray diffraction determination of disorder in doped zirconolite-2M

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 291-298

  Whittle, Karl R ^a,b   Hyatt, Neil C ^b   Smith, Katherine L ^a   Margiolaki, Irene ^c   Berry, Frank J ^d,f   Knight, Kevin S ^e   Lumpkin, Gregory R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

M ssbauer; Neutron diffraction; Resonant X ray diffraction; Zirconolite

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM METALLOGRAPHY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; NIOBIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATION DISORDER; EQUIMOLAR AMOUNT; HEXAGONAL TUNGSTEN BRONZES; HIGH-RESOLUTION NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; MOSSBAUER; RESONANT X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES; ZIRCONOLITE;

TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NIOBIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONOLITE;

EID: 84863403158     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.3848     Document Type: Article

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