The distorted close-packed crystal structure of methane A

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Maynard Casely, H E ^a   Bull, C L ^a,b   Guthrie, M ^a   Loa, I ^a   McMahon, M I ^a   Gregoryanz, E ^a   Nelmes, R J ^a   Loveday, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM ARRANGEMENT; CLOSE PACKED STRUCTURES; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE; HYDROGEN POSITIONS; NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION DATA; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; RHOMBOHEDRAL UNIT CELLS; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; X RAY DATA; X-RAY SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEUTERIUM; METHANE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 77955758702     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3455889     Document Type: Article

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