Structural study of potassium niobate between 200 and 823 k

Phase Transitions

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 261-275

  Knight, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; neutron powder diffraction; structural phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963294998     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411599408200379     Document Type: Article

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