Modeling the properties of silicates

Assuming a simple force field involving only short range Non-Coulombic molecular energy terms along with P1 symmetry, a variation of the SQLOO model (Boisen and Gibbs, 1993) successfully generates the structure types of both α and β1 quartz along with at least five alternative structure types of sil...

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Main Author: Bartelmehs, Kurt Lane
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37706
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042006-164529/