Minerals as Advanced Materials II

Case Studies of Minerals which became Advanced Materials.- The actinide borates: A new impact on nuclear fuel conversion.- Ferroic walls and potential applications.- Determination of "unsolvable" structures of minerals.- Evaluation of the long-term performance of potential nuclear waste form materials: A mineralogical and experimental approach.- Microporous materials used in energy storage and energy conversion.- Heat capacity, entropy, and magnetic properties of jarosite-group compounds.- New insights into the ultra-fast synthesis of negative-thermal-expansion framework materials.- Geo-Inspired Phosphors Based on Rare-Earth Metal(III) Fluorides with Complex Oxoanions.- Rare-Earth Metal(III) Fluoride Oxosilicates Derivatized with Alkali or Alkaline- Earth Elements.- High-temperature piezoelectric materials - the renaissance of tourmaline.- Probing the Lattice Dynamics of Minerals with Inelastic X‐ray Scattering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642439128
• ISBN13: 9783642439124
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"