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Hydrothermal Synthesis

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The term hydrothermal was first used by the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison (1792–1871) to describe the action of water at elevated temperature and pressure leading to the formation of various rocks and minerals.

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    Annelise Kopp Alves & Carlos P. Bergmann

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Kopp Alves, A., Bergmann, C.P., Berutti, F.A. (2013). Hydrothermal Synthesis. In: Novel Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41275-2_6

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