Minerals in cement chemistry: A single-crystal neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of thaumasite, Ca3Si(OH) 6(CO3)(SO4)12H2O

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1060-1069

  Gatta, G Diego ^a,b   McIntyre, Garry J ^c   Swanson, Julia G ^d   Jacobsen, Steven D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Hydrogen bonding; Portland cements; Raman spectroscopy; Single crystal neutron diffraction; Thaumasite

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; PORTLAND CEMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRETCHING; SULFATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DIFFERENCE-FOURIER MAP; LOW-TEMPERATURE STABILITY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDIES; POLARIZED RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS; THAUMASITE;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

CEMENT; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERAL; THAUMASITE;

EID: 84864844894     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4058     Document Type: Article

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