The Stability of Minerals

30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and Ireland This volume addresses the fundamental factors that underlie our understanding of mineral behaviour and crystal chemistry - a timely topic given current advances in research into the complex behaviour of solids and supercomp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Price, G.D. (Editor), Ross, N.L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:The Mineralogical Society Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The stability of minerals: an introduction
  • Bond topology, bond valence and structure stability
  • Electronic paradoxes in the structures of minerals
  • Lattice vibration and mineral stability
  • Thermodynamics of phase transitions in minerals: a macroscopic approach
  • The stability of modulated structures
  • Thermochemistry of tetrahedrite-tennantite fahlores
  • Thermodynamic data for minerals: a critical assessment
  • The stability of clays