title: Near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy of the uranyl selenite mineral haynesite (UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)2.5H2O.
abstract: Near- and mid-infrared spectra of uranyl selenite mineral haynesite (UO(2))(3)(SeO(3))(2)(OH)(2).5H(2)O, were studied and assigned. Observed bands were assigned to the stretching vibrations of uranyl and selenite units, stretching, bending and libration modes of water molecules and hydroxyl ions, and delta U-OH bending vibrations. U-O bond lengths in uranyl and hydrogen bond lengths O-H...O were inferred from the spectra.
authors.affiliation: School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. r.frost@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Ray L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cejka
mesh_terms: D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry*; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared; D017974:Uranium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D014589:Utah
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D017974:Uranium Compounds; C538932:haynesite; D018038:Sodium Selenite