Actinides in geology, energy, and the environment: Revision of the symmetry and the crystal structure of čejkaite, Na4(UO 2)(CO3)3

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 549-553

  Plášil, Jakub ^a   Fejfarová, Karla ^a   Dušek, Michal ^a   Škoda, Radek ^b   Rohlíček, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; ejkaite; Single crystal; Symmetry; Twinning; Uranyl carbonate; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GEOMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TWINNING; URANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOND VALENCE ANALYSIS; MONOCLINIC UNITS; POWDER DIFFRACTION; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SPACE GROUP CC; STRUCTURE REFINEMENTS; TRICLINIC SYMMETRY; UNIT CELL PARAMETERS;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

ACTINIDE; CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; SYMMETRY; TWINNING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84875697563     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4331     Document Type: Article

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