A marked change in anelastic properties, namely, elastic softening accompanied by
increased damping, has been observed in a single crystal of SrTiO 3 below∼ 50 K by …

The dehydroxylation reaction of kaolinite from the industrial kaolin Sl-K (Germany) has been
studied by thermal analyses (TG, DTA) and ex situ annealing experiments. Heating …

A mixing model for high structural state ternary feldspars in the NaAlSi 3 O 8–KAlSi 3 O 8–
CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 system is presented based exclusively on calorimetric and volumetric …

We demonstrate a correlation between how an IR-active vibrational mode responds to
temperature changes and how it responds to crystallinity differences. Infrared (IR) …

Numerous spectroscopic techniques have been applied to the epidote minerals to
characterize their structure and crystal chemistry. The substitution of transition metal ions …

Space groups, order-parameter and strain/order-parameter coupling relationships in ABX3
perovskite structures which combine cooperative Jahn–Teller distortions and octahedral …

Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) provides a window on the pervasive influence of
strain coupling at phase transitions in perovskites through determination of elastic and …

The crystallinity of natural and synthetic apatite samples is often determined from the
broadening of ν 4 PO 4 infrared absorption bands. However, various physical mechanisms …

Hydrogen is a major, a minor, and a trace constituent of a broad variety of minerals in the
Earth's lithosphere. Usually bonded to oxygen in the structures of minerals (in the form of OH …

We have studied technogenic, high-uranium zircon, which crystallised from melt formed
during the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986, by confocal Raman …