Synthesis, Properties and Mineralogy of Important Inorganic Materials

Inside Front Cover: Periodic Table of the Elements. 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 PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 by a Coprecipitation Method Followed by Calcination. 10 Yttrium Barium Cuprate YBa2Cu3O7–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 Zn1.96Mn0.04SiO4 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]Cl1.8S0.1 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.