Towards novel C-N materials: Crystal structures of two polymorphs of guanidinium dicyanamide and their thermal conversion into melamine.
Wolfgang Schnick; Bettina V. Lotsch; New J.Chem.(Nouv.J.Chim.)  (2004) –; doi:

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_publ_section_title
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Towards novel C-N materials: Crystal structures of
two polymorphs of guanidinium dicyanamide and their thermal conversion
into melamine.
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_journal_name_full               'New J.Chem.(Nouv.J.Chim.)'
_journal_year                    2004
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;
alpha-Guanidinium dicyanamide
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;                                 '95mm CCD camera on'
'\k-goniostat'
;
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0579P)^2^+0.1554P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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