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The BH4 Ion in the Lithium Borohydride Lattice

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PRICE1 reports an anomalous band at about 1,250 cm.−1 in the paraffin-oil mull spectrum of lithium borohydride at room temperature. This band does not occur in the room-temperature spectra of sodium borohydride2,3 and potassium borohydride3 or in the low-temperature spectra of sodium borohydride2,4 and potassium borohydride (Schutte, C. J. H., unpublished results).

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SCHUTTE, C. The BH4 Ion in the Lithium Borohydride Lattice. Nature 189, 745–746 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189745b0

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