Probing the Limits of the Zintl Concept: Structure and Bonding in Rare-Earth and Alkaline-Earth Zinc-Antimonides Yb9Zn4+xSb9 and Ca9Zn4.5Sb9
Svilen Bobev; Joe D. Thompson; John L. Sarrao; Marilyn M. Olmstead; Håkon Hope; Susan M. Kauzlarich; Inorganic Chemistry 43 (2004) 5044–5052; doi:10.1021/ic049836j

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Dr. Svilen Bobev
LANSCE-12   Mail Stop H805
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: (505) 665-7272
Fax: (505) 665-2676
e-mail: sbobev@lanl.gov
USA
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_publ_section_title
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 Probing the Limits of the Zintl Concept: Structure and Bonding in
 Rare-Earth and Alkaline-Earth Zinc-Antimonides Yb9Zn4+xSb9 and
 Ca9Zn4.5Sb9
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
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 ? 
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The following automatic conversions were performed:
'_symmetry_cell_setting' value 'Orthorhombic' changed to 'orthorhombic'
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dictionary named 'cif_core.dic' version 2.4.1 from 2010-06-29.

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The following automatic conversions were performed:

'_chemical_melting_point' value 'not measured' was changed to '?' -
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