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Thermal expansion and phase transformations of natural pyrrhotite

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The phase transformations of natural hexagonal pyrrhotite have been studied by high-temperature x-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry during heating in an inert atmosphere, and its unit-cell parameters have been measured during heating to 1060 K.

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Original Russian Text © E.N. Selivanov, R.I. Gulyaeva, A.D. Vershinin, 2008, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 506–511.

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Selivanov, E.N., Gulyaeva, R.I. & Vershinin, A.D. Thermal expansion and phase transformations of natural pyrrhotite. Inorg Mater 44, 438–442 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168508040201

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