Reaction of [Ni(H2O)6](NO3)2 with gaseous NH3; crystal growth via in-situ solvation
Breternitz, Joachim; Farrugia, Louis J.; Godula-Jopek, Agata; Saremi-Yarahmadi, Sina; Malka, Iwona E.; Hoang, Tuan K.A.; Gregory, Duncan H.; Journal of Crystal Growth 412 (2015) 1–; doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.11.021

data_1518684
_publ_section_title
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 Reaction of [Ni(H2O)6](NO3)2 with gaseous NH3; crystal growth via in-situ
 solvation
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_journal_name_full               'Journal of Crystal Growth'
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        Scaled and merged with Sortav
        R.H. Blessing, (1987) Cryst. Rev. 1, 3-58
        R.H. Blessing, (1989) J. Appl. Cryst. 22, 396-397
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SADABS-2012/1 - Bruker AXS area detector scaling and absorption correction
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0304P)^2^+0.3126P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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