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Growth and thermal expansion of In2S3 single crystals

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In2S3 single crystals have been grown by the Bridgman-Stockbarger method. Their composition has been determined by electron probe x-ray microanalysis, and their phase-transition temperatures have been evaluated by differential thermal analysis. The thermal expansion coefficient of In2S3 has been determined in the range 80–1000 K by dilatometry.

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  1. Belarussian State University of Information Science and Radio Engineering, ul. Brovki 6, Minsk, 220013, Belarus

    I. V. Bodnar

  2. Joint Institute of Solid-State and Semiconductor Physics, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Brovki 17, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    V. F. Gremenok

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Bodnar, V.F. Gremenok, 2008, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 391–395.

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Bodnar, I.V., Gremenok, V.F. Growth and thermal expansion of In2S3 single crystals. Inorg Mater 44, 329–332 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168508040018

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