Synthesis, crystallographic and theoretical studies of the new Zintl phases Ba2Cd2Pn3 (Pn = As, Sb), and the solid solutions (Ba(1-x)Sr(x))2Cd2Sb3 and Ba2Cd2(Sb(1-x)As(x))3.
Saparov, Bayrammurad; He, Hua; Zhang, Xiaohang; Greene, Richard; Bobev, Svilen; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 39 (2010) 1063–1070; doi:10.1039/b914305j

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_publ_section_title
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 Synthesis, crystallographic and theoretical studies of the new Zintl
 phases Ba2Cd2Pn3 (Pn = As, Sb), and the solid solutions
 (Ba(1-x)Sr(x))2Cd2Sb3 and Ba2Cd2(Sb(1-x)As(x))3.
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'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
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SADABS (Sheldrick, 2003)
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