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A proposed change to determining the Pearson Symbol Code

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Peter Bayliss
Affiliation:
Mineralogy, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney 2000, N.S.W., Australia

Abstract

More isostructural compounds would have the same Pearson Symbol Code (PSC) if the hydrogen atom is not counted in computing the numeric portion of the PSC.

Type
Technical Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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