A Tale of Two Metals: New Cerium Iron Borocarbide Intermetallics Grown from Rare-Earth/Transition Metal Eutectic Fluxes
Patricia C. Tucker; Jason Nyffeler; Banghao Chen; Andrew Ozarowski; Ryan Stillwell; Susan E. Latturner; Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (2012) 12138–12148; doi:10.1021/ja303370j

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_publ_contact_author_address
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemisry
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390
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_publ_contact_author_email       latturne@chem.fsu.edu
_publ_contact_author_fax         '850 644 8281'
_publ_contact_author_name        'Susan E. Latturner'
_publ_contact_author_phone       '850 644 4074'
_publ_section_title
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 A Tale of Two Metals: New Cerium Iron Borocarbide Intermetallics Grown
 from Rare-Earth/Transition Metal Eutectic Fluxes
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_journal_name_full               'Journal of the American Chemical Society'
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_journal_page_last               12148
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/ja303370j
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0104P)^2^+48.2687P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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