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X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Studies of a Tetragonal Hydrogen Bronze HxWO3

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THE unstable blue compounds obtained by the reduction of tungstic oxide with active hydrogen were classified as “bronzes” by Glemser1,2 and shown by X-ray powder photography to exhibit structural variations with composition similar to those observed for the alkali-metal tungsten bronzes. In this note we report a new tetragonal hydrogen bronze phase with the same crystal structure as Na(0.1)WO3 (ref. 3), and with 0.21<x<0.25.

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DICKENS, P., HURDITCH, R. X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Studies of a Tetragonal Hydrogen Bronze HxWO3. Nature 215, 1266–1267 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151266a0

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