Homologous Series of Rare-Earth Zinc Arsenides REZn2-xAs2.n(REAs) (RE= La-Nd, Sm;n= 3, 4, 5, 6)
Xinsong Lin; Arthur Mar; Inorganic Chemistry 52 (2013) 7261–7270; doi:10.1021/ic400933v

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_publ_contact_author_address
; Department of Chemistry
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, AB
  Canada  T6G 2G2
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_publ_contact_author_email       arthur.mar@ualberta.ca
_publ_contact_author_fax         '(780) 492-8231'
_publ_contact_author_name        'Dr. Arthur Mar'
_publ_contact_author_phone       '(780) 492-5592'
_publ_section_title
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 Homologous Series of Rare-Earth Zinc Arsenides REZn2-xAs2.n(REAs) (RE=
 La-Nd, Sm;n= 3, 4, 5, 6)
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
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_journal_page_last               7270
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0698P)^2^+21.4184P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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