Structural relaxation in tetrahedrally coordinated Co2+ along the gahnite-Co-aluminate spinel solid solution

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 8-9, 2012, Pages 1394-1401

  Ardit, Matteo ^a   Cruciani, Giuseppe ^a   Dondi, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co aluminate; Electronic absorption spectroscopy; Gahnite; Rietveld refinement; Spinel structure; Structural relaxation; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COMBINED X RAY DIFFRACTION; CRYSTAL FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; GAHNITE; RELAXATION COEFFICIENTS; SPINEL STRUCTURE; TETRAHEDRAL COORDINATION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COBALT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAHNITE; ION EXCHANGE; SOLID SOLUTION; SPINEL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866637628     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.4093     Document Type: Article

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