barlowite

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Barlow +‎ -ite

Noun[edit]

barlowite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A basic cuprous bromide / fluoride Cu4BrF(OH)6 that is antiferromagnetic
    • 2016, Daniel Guterding, Roser Valenti, Harald O. Jeschke, “Reduction of magnetic interlayer coupling in barlowite through isoelectronic substitution”, in arXiv[1]:
      As a consequence, interlayer-substituted barlowite can be described by a simple two-parameter Heisenberg Hamiltonian, for which a quantum spin liquid ground state has been predicted..