Coexisting hydroxyl groups and H2O molecules in minerals: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of eosphorite, MnAlPO 4(OH)2·H2O

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1297-1301

  Gatta, G Diego ^a   Nénert, Gwilherm ^b   Vignola, Pietro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal chemistry; Eosphorite; Hydrogen bonding; Single crystal neutron diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MOLECULES; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIFFERENCE-FOURIER MAP; EOSPHORITE; HYDROXYL GROUPS; NUCLEAR DENSITIES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURAL REFINEMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORKS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MANGANESE; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE;

BALTISTAN; GILGIT-BALTISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84879935443     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4438     Document Type: Article

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