Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Vibrational and Optical Spectroscopy of the First Quaternary Alkaline-Earth Rare Earth Thiophosphates Ba3Ln2[P4S16] (Ln = Gd-Er)
Yvonne Klawitter; Wolfgang Bensch; Claudia Wickleder; Chem. Mater. 18 (2006) 187–197; doi:10.1021/cm051860n

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_publ_section_title
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 Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Vibrational and Optical Spectroscopy
 of the First Quaternary Alkaline-Earth Rare Earth Thiophosphates
 Ba3Ln2[P4S16] (Ln = Gd-Er)
;
_journal_name_full               'Chem. Mater.'
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_journal_page_last               197
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/cm051860n
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_journal_year                    2006
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0564P)^2^+6.5738P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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