Contribution to the crystallography of hydrotalcites: The crystal structures of woodallite and takovite

Journal of Geosciences (Czech Republic)

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 273-279

  Mills, Stuart J ^a,b   Whitfield, Pamela S ^c   Kampf, Anthony R ^d   Wilson, Sasha ^a,e   Dipple, Gregory M ^a   Raudsepp, Mati ^a   Favreau, Georges ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f not available   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Hydrotalcite; Layered double hydroxide; Rietveld refinement; Takovite; Woodallite

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROTALCITE; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDE; NICKEL; ORE BODY;

AUSTRALIA; MOROCCO; MOUNT KEITH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; BOU AZZER; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 84872460758     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: 18031943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.127     Document Type: Article

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