Natural Quasicrystals

The Solar System’s Hidden Secrets

AvLuca Bindi

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien SpringerBriefs in Crystallography

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Beskrivning

This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 6 mm
Vikt:166 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SpringerBriefs in Crystallography
Antal sidor:89
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030456764

Utforska kategorier

Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Geovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Geologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Recensioner i media

“The book is currently the only available textbook on natural quasicrystals. Overall, it includes both basics and advanced discussions covering descriptive, experimental, and theoretical mineralogy, nevertheless is concise and written in plain sentences. … This book is strongly recommended to both experienced mineralogists and petrologists, as well as beginners, and in particular, for the high-pressure mineral physics and meteoritics researchers.” (Naotaka Tomioka,American Mineralogist, Vol. 106, 2021)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. What are quasicrystals and why are so important?.- Chapter 3. Can Nature have beaten us to the punch?.- Chapter 4. From crystalsto quasicrystals: There 's plenty of room between them.- Chapter 5. High pressure needed! The crystallagraphy of quasicrystals at extreme conditions.- Chapter 6. Dynamic versus static pressure: quasicrystals and shock experiments.- Chapter 7. Why quasicrystals grow in asteroidal collisions?.- Chapter 8. On the stability of quinary quasicrystals.- Chapter 9. Are quasicrystals really so rare in the Universe?.