New Ternary Germanides La4Mg5Ge6 and La4Mg7Ge6: Crystal Structure and Chemical Bonding
Pavlo Solokha; Serena De Negri; Monika Skrobanska; Adriana Saccone; Volodymyr Pavlyuk; Davide M. Proserpio; Inorganic Chemistry 51 (2012) 207–214; doi:10.1021/ic2014732

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_publ_section_title
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 New Ternary Germanides La4Mg5Ge6 and La4Mg7Ge6: Crystal Structure and
 Chemical Bonding
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0124P)^2^+4.7007P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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