Copper and Zinc Substitutions in Clathrates of Tin: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Physical Properties of A8Cu2.67Sn43.33 and A8Zn4Sn42 (A= K, Rb, Cs) with the Type-I Structure
Schäfer, Marion C.; Bobev, Svilen; Chemistry of Materials 25 (2013) 3737–; doi:10.1021/cm402276n

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_publ_section_title
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 Copper and Zinc Substitutions in Clathrates of Tin: Synthesis, Structural
 Characterization, and Physical Properties
 of A8Cu2.67Sn43.33 and A8Zn4Sn42 (A= K, Rb, Cs) with the Type-I Structure
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0000P)^2^+10.2709P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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