Synthesis, Properties and Mineralogy of Important Inorganic Materials

Inside Back Cover: Divisions of Geological Time.

Foreword (Derek J. Fray).

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Introduction.

2 Practical Equipment.

2.1 Containers.

2.2 Milling.

2.3 Fabrication of Ceramic Monoliths.

2.4 Furnaces.

2.5 Powder X-ray Diffractometry.

3 Artificial Cuprorivaite CaCuSi₄O₁₀ (Egyptian Blue) by a Salt-Flux Method.

4 Artificial Covellite CuS by a Solid–Vapour Reaction.

5 Turbostratic Boron Nitride t-BN by a Solid–Gas Reaction Using Ammonia as the Nitriding Reagent.

6 Rubidium Copper Iodide Chloride Rb₄Cu1₆I₇Cl₁₃ by a Solid-State Reaction.

7 Copper Titanium Zirconium Phosphate CuTiZr(PO₄)₃ by a Solid-State Reaction Using Ammonium Dihydrogenphosphate as the Phosphating Reagent.

8 Cobalt Ferrite CoFe₂O₄ by a Coprecipitation Method.

9 Lead Zirconate Titanate PbZr_0.52Ti_0.48O₃ by a Coprecipitation Method Followed by Calcination.

10 Yttrium Barium Cuprate YBa₂Cu₃O_7–δ (δ ~ 0) by a Solid-State Reaction Followed by Oxygen Intercalation.

11 Single Crystals of Ordered Zinc–Tin Phosphide ZnSnP₂ by a Solution-Growth Technique Using Molten Tin as the Solvent.

12 Artificial Kieftite CoSb₃ by an Antimony Self-Flux Method.

13 Artificial Violarite FeNi₂S₄ by a Hydrothermal Method Using DL-Penicillamine as the Sulfiding Reagent.

14 Artificial Willemite Zn_1.96Mn_0.04SiO₄ by a Hybrid Coprecipitation and Sol-Gel Method.

15 Artificial Scheelite CaWO₄ by a Microwave-Assisted Solid-State Metathetic Reaction.

16 Artificial Hackmanite Na₈[Al₆Si₆O₂₄]Cl_1.8S_0.1 by a Structure-Conversion Method with Annealing Under a Reducing Atmosphere.

17 Gold-Ruby Glass from a Potassium-Antimony-Borosilicate Melt with a Controlled Annealing.

Index.