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SOME interesting properties of gallium phosphide have been studied in polycrystalline specimens kindly provided by H. Welker, of Seimens Schuckertwerke, Erlangen. Etching of the surface has revealed grain boundaries, and annealing twins. Etch pits have also been observed along slip lines.
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HOLT, D., ALFREY, G. & WIGGINS, C. Grain Boundaries and Electroluminescence in Gallium Phosphide. Nature 181, 109 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181109a0
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