Minerals as Advanced Materials II

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
From Minerals to Materials....Pages 1-11
Where Are New Minerals Hiding? The Main Features of Rare Mineral Localization Within Alkaline Massifs....Pages 13-24
Gas Release from Minerals....Pages 25-36
The Principle of Duality in Isomorphism and Its Use in the Systematics of Minerals with Zeolite-Like Structures....Pages 37-39
“Ab-Initio” Structure Solution of Nano-Crystalline Minerals and Synthetic Materials by Automated Electron Tomography....Pages 41-54
Charoite, as an Example of a Structure with Natural Nanotubes....Pages 55-60
Hydrothermal Alteration of Basalt by Seawater and Formation of Secondary Minerals – An Electron Microprobe Study....Pages 61-79
Sorbents from Mineral Raw Materials....Pages 81-86
Natural Double Layered Hydroxides: Structure, Chemistry, and Information Storage Capacity....Pages 87-102
Fixation of Chromate in Layered Double Hydroxides of the TCAH Type and Some Complex Application Mixtures....Pages 103-114
Crystal Chemistry of Lamellar Calcium Aluminate Sulfonate Hydrates: Fixation of Aromatic Sulfonic Acid Anions....Pages 115-130
Use of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH) of the Hydrotalcite Group as Reservoir Minerals for Nitrate in Soils – Examination of the Chemical and Mechanical Stability....Pages 131-145
Nanocrystalline Layered Titanates Synthesized by the Fluoride Route: Perspective Matrices for Removal of Environmental Pollutants....Pages 147-152
Minerals as Materials – Silicate Sheets Based on Mixed Rings as Modules to Build Heteropolyhedral Microporous Frameworks....Pages 153-162
Cs-Exchanged Cuprosklodowskite....Pages 163-166
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Cation Exchange and Dehydration of Microporous Zirconium and Titanium Silicates....Pages 167-179
K- and Rb-Exchanged Forms of Hilairite: Evolution of Crystal-Chemical Characteristics with the Increase of Ion Exchange Temperature....Pages 181-185
Comparison of Structural Changes upon Heating of Zorite and Na-ETS-4 by In Situ Synchrotron Powder Diffraction....Pages 187-197
Crystal Chemistry of Ion-Exchanged Forms of Zorite, a Natural Analogue of the ETS-4 Titanosilicate Material....Pages 199-204
Ivanyukite-Group Minerals: Crystal Structure and Cation-Exchange Properties....Pages 205-211
Delhayelite and Mountainite Mineral Families: Crystal Chemical Relationship, Microporous Character and Genetic Features....Pages 213-219
Delhayelite: Ion Leaching and Ion Exchange....Pages 221-228
Microporous Titanosilicates of the Lintisite-Kukisvumite Group and Their Transformation in Acidic Solutions....Pages 229-238
Microporous Vanadylphosphates – Perspective Materials for Technological Applications....Pages 239-253
Thermal Expansion of Aluminoborates....Pages 255-268
High-Temperature Crystal Chemistry of Cs- and Sr-Borosilicates....Pages 269-277
Iron-Manganese Phosphates with the Olivine – and Alluaudite-Type Structures: Crystal Chemistry and Applications....Pages 279-291
Crystal Structure of Murataite Mu -5, a Member of the Murataite-Pyrochlore Polysomatic Series....Pages 293-304
Lattice Distortion Upon Compression in Orthorhombic Perovskites: Review and Development of a Predictive Tool....Pages 305-318
Natural and Synthetic Layered Pb(II) Oxyhalides....Pages 319-332
Tetradymite-Type Tellurides and Related Compounds: Real-Structure Effects and Thermoelectric Properties....Pages 333-340
Rare-Earth Metal(III) Fluoride Oxosilicates Derivatized with Alkali or Alkaline-Earth Elements....Pages 341-351
Geo-Inspired Phosphors Based on Rare-Earth Metal(III) Fluorides with Complex Oxoanions: I. Fluoride Oxocarbonates and Oxosilicates....Pages 353-366
REECa 4 O(BO 3 ) 3 (REECOB): New Material for High-Temperature piezoelectric applications....Pages 367-373
“Shock Wave” Synthesis of Oxygen-Bearing Spinel-Type Silicon Nitride γ-Si 3 (O,N) 4 in the Pressure Range from 30 to 72 GPa with High Purity....Pages 375-388
Decomposition of Aluminosilicates and Accumulation of Aluminum by Microorganisms on Fumarole Fields of Tolbachik Volcano (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia)....Pages 389-399
Biogenic Crystal Genesis on a Carbonate Rock Monument Surface: The Main Factors and Mechanisms, the Development of Nanotechnological Ways of Inhibition....Pages 401-413
Formation and Stability of Calcium Oxalates, the Main Crystalline Phases of Kidney Stones....Pages 415-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-427