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On the Polymorphism of Calcium Carbide
Author(s) -
Bredig M. A.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.19592980503
Subject(s) - calcium carbide , calcium , interpretation (philosophy) , carbide , polymorphism (computer science) , acetylide , crystallography , materials science , chemistry , philosophy , metallurgy , stereochemistry , genotype , biochemistry , linguistics , gene
A brief review of the literature is given. It is demonstrated that a recent suggestion regarding the alleged existence of a fifth crystal modification of calcium carbide was based on an erroneous interpretation of an X‐ray pattern. Doubt is also expressed as to a suggested molar volume for cuprous acetylide.