A New Family of Lanthanide Borate Halides with Unusual Coordination and a New Neodymium-Containing Cationic Framework
Matthew J. Polinski; Evgeny V. Alekseev; Victoria R. Darling; Justin N. Cross; Wulf Depmeier; Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt; Inorganic Chemistry 52 (2013) 1965–1975; doi:10.1021/ic302309z

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_publ_section_title
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 A New Family of Lanthanide Borate Halides with Unusual Coordination and a
 New Neodymium-Containing Cationic Framework
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0663P)^2^+616.8835P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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