Quaternary rare-earth sulfides RE 3 M 0.5 GeS 7 (RE=La‒Nd, Sm; M=Co, Ni) and Y 3 Pd 0.5 SiS 7
Iyer, Abishek K.; Yin, Wenlong; Lee, Emma J.; Lin, Xinsong; Mar, Arthur; Journal of Solid State Chemistry 250 (2017) 14–23; doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2017.03.009

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_publ_section_title
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 Quaternary rare-earth sulfides RE 3 M 0.5 GeS 7 (RE=La--Nd, Sm; M=Co, Ni)
 and Y 3 Pd 0.5 SiS 7
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_journal_name_full               'Journal of Solid State Chemistry'
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'lanthanum nickel germanium sulfide (3/0.5/1/7)'
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'lanthanum nickel germanium sulfide (3/0.5/1/7)'
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 Refined as an inversion twin.
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0088P)^2^+1.8044P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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