Modelling of Minerals and Silicated Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Silvi, Bernard (Editor), D’Arco, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering, 15
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Mineralogy.; Condensed matter.; Materials science.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.

The modeling of minerals and silicated materials is a. difficult challenge faced by Solid StatePhysics, Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics communities. The difficulty of such a modeling is due to the wide diversity of elements, including heavy atoms,and types of bonding involved in such system...