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Adamant

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Synonym of diamond and corundum [Chester, 1896, 3 - "Dict. Names Min"].


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AdemantA synonym of Diamond

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0012842DiamondHom T, Kiszenick W, Post B (1975) Accurate lattice constants from multiple reflection mesurements II. lattice constants of germanium, silicon and diamond Journal of Applied Crystallography 8 457-4581975unknown0298
0009327CorundumKirfel A, Eichhorn K (1990) Accurate structure analysis with synchrotron radiation. The electron density in Al2O3 and Cu2O Acta Crystallographica A46 271-2841990synthetic0293
0010593CorundumNewnham R E, de Haan Y M (1962) Refinement of the alpha Al2O3, Ti2O3, V2O3 and Cr2O3 structures Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 117 235-2371962synthetic0293
0014097DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0293
0014092DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0293
0014087DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0293
0014082DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0293
0014077CorundumPauling L, Hendricks S B (1925) Crystal structures of hematite and corundum Journal of the American Chemical Society 47 781-7901925Ceylon0293
0014673DiamondRiley D P (1944) Lattice constant of diamond and the C-C single bond Nature 153 587-5881944commercial diamond dust sieved to obtain small crystals0291
0014098DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0303
0014093DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0303
0014088DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0303
0014083DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0303
0014096DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0283
0014091DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0283
0014086DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0283
0014081DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0283
0014099DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0313
0014094DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0313
0014089DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0313
0014084DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0313
0014100DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0323
0014095DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0323
0014090DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0323
0014085DiamondStraumanis M E, Aka E Z (1951) Precision determination of lattice parameter, coefficient of thermal expansion and atomic weight of carbon in diamond Journal of the American Chemical Society 73 5643-56461951Belgian Congo0323
0013991DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0013987DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition VDW terms Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0013986DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0013985DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0013984DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0013983DiamondFayos J (1999) Possible 3D carbon structures as progressive intermediates in graphite to diamond phase transition Journal of Solid State Chemistry 148 278-28519990293
0014072CorundumWang X, Hubbard C, Alexander K, Becher P (1994) Neutron diffraction measurements of the residual stresses in Al2O3 - ZrO2 (CeO2) ceramic composites _cod_database_code 1000059 Journal of the American Ceramic Society 77 1569-157519940293
0012859CorundumLutterotti L, Scardi P (1990) Simultaneous structure and size-strain refinement by the Rietveld method _cod_database_code 1000032 Journal of Applied Crystallography 23 246-25219900293
0015110CorundumTsirelson V, Antipin M, Gerr R, Ozerov R, Struchkov Y (1985) Ruby structure peculiarities derived from X-ray data. Localization of chromium atoms and electron deformation density _cod_database_code 1000017 Physica Status Solidi A87 425-43319850293
0009325CorundumLewis J, Schwarzenbach D, Flack H D (1982) Electric field gradients and charge density in corundum alpha-Al2O3 Acta Crystallographica A38 733-73919820293
0012921CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619780.0001293
0012914Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619780293
0010607CorundumSaalfeld H (1964) Strukturuntersuchungen im system Al2O3-Cr2O3 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 120 342-34819640293
0011242DiamondWyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Crystal Structures 1 7-8319630293
0017671CorundumZachariasen W (1928) Untersuchungen ueber die Kristallstruktur von Sesquioxyden und Verbindungen ABO3 _cod_database_code 1010951 Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo 1928 1-16519280293
0009699CorundumIshizawa N, Miyata T, Minato I, Marumo F, Iwai S (1980) A structural investigation of alpha-Al2O3 at 2170 K Acta Crystallographica B36 228-23019800300
0009700CorundumIshizawa N, Miyata T, Minato I, Marumo F, Iwai S (1980) A structural investigation of alpha-Al2O3 at 2170 K Acta Crystallographica B36 228-230198002170
0012922CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619781.1293
0012923CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619782.1293
0012924CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619782.8293
0012915Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619782.8293
0012925CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619783.5293
0012916Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619784.2293
0012926CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619784.6293
0012917Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619786293
0012918Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619787.4293
0012927CorundumFinger L W, Hazen R M (1978) Crystal structure and compression of ruby to 46 kbar Journal of Applied Physics 49 5823-582619788293
0012919Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619788.1293
0012920Corundumd'Amour H, Schiferl D, Denner W, Schulz H, Holzapfel W B (1978) High-pressure single-crystal structure determinations for ruby up to 90 kbar using an automatic diffractometer Journal of Applied Physics 49 4411-441619789293
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