Vibrational Spectrocopy of
Hydrous Components
George R.
Rossman
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technolgy, Pasadena, CA
91125, USA
Abstract
Water molecules, hydroxide ions and fluid inclusions are important
components of many natural systems and are also prominent in a variety
of synthetic minerals and related technological materials. Water and
hydrogen ions can be both a major comonent required by the mineral's
stoichiometry and an accidental trace compenent. The trace hydrous
species can have a disproportionately important role in the physical,
chemical, rheological, and optical properties of the material. This
chapter reviews the current status of the study of these components in nominally anhydrous minerals.
Reviews of Mineralogy 18, 193-206