The bonding electron density in aluminum

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6024, 2011, Pages 1583-1586

  Nakashima, Philip N H ^a   Smith, Andrew E ^a   Etheridge, Joanne ^a   Muddle, Barrington C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL BONDING; CORRELATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79953128244     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1198543     Document Type: Article

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