Electron-Precise/Deficient La5-xCaxGe4 (3.4 <= x <= 3.8) and Ce5-xCaxGe4 (3.0 <= x <= 3.3): Probing Low-Valence Electron Concentrations in Metal-Rich Gd5Si4- type Germanides
Li-Ming Wu; Sang-Hwan Kim; Dong-Kyun Seo; Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (2005) 15682–15683; doi:10.1021/ja055568s

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_publ_section_title
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 Electron-Precise/Deficient La5-xCaxGe4 (3.4 <= x <= 3.8) and Ce5-xCaxGe4
 (3.0 <= x <= 3.3): Probing Low-Valence Electron Concentrations in
 Metal-Rich Gd5Si4- type Germanides
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0029P)^2^+6.4373P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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