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barlowite

barlowite noun: a basic cuprous bromide / fluoride Cu₄BrF(OH)₆ that is antiferromagnetic.

Noun

barlowite (uncountable)

  1. A basic cuprous bromide / fluoride Cu₄BrF(OH)₆ that is antiferromagnetic
    • 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..2016, Daniel Guterding, Roser Valenti, Harald O. Jeschke, “Reduction of magnetic interlayer coupling in barlowite through isoelectronic substitution”, in arXiv

Origin of barlowite

From Barlow + -ite.

Questions about barlowite

What does barlowite mean?
Barlowite means a basic cuprous bromide / fluoride Cu₄BrF(OH)₆ that is antiferromagnetic.
What part of speech is barlowite?
Barlowite is a noun.

Words near barlowite in the dictionary

  1. Barlow lenses
  2. Barlow's disease
  3. Barlow's syndrome
  4. Barlowe
  5. Barlowes
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  8. barm
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  11. barma

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