The crystal structure of Benzoic Acid: A redetermination with X-rays at room temperature; a summary of neutron-diffraction work at temperatures down to 5 K

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1981, Pages 215-231

  Feld, R ^a   Lehmann, M S ^a   Muir, E W ^b   Speakman, J C ^b  

^a INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949419541     PISSN: 14337266     EISSN: 00442968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.1981.157.3-4.215     Document Type: Article

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