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Work function of yttrium and lanthanide single crystals

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In this paper experimental and calculated data available in the literature on the work function of yttrium and lanthanide single crystals has been organized. Data according to the anisotropy of the different faces and types of crystal lattices has been classified.

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Institute of Problems in Materials Science, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 1–2, pp. 92–97, January–February, 1994.

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Fomenko, V.S. Work function of yttrium and lanthanide single crystals. Powder Metall Met Ceram 33, 85–90 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559717

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