Enigmatic X-ray magnetic circular dichroism in Greigite (Fe 3S 4)

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 667-674

  Chang, Liao ^a,d   Pattrick, Richard A D ^b   Van Der Laan, Gerrit ^b,c   Coker, Victoria S ^b   Roberts, Andrew P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Greigite; Magnetism; XAS; XMCD

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; GREIGITES; HALF-METALLICITY; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION; OXIDIZED SURFACES; SOFT X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; STOICHIOMETRIC MAGNETITE; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TETRAHEDRAL COORDINATION; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; XAS; XMCD;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAYS;

CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETITE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84867226698     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.50.3.667     Document Type: Article

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