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Interstitial Compounds of Potassium with Carbon Fibres

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THE formation of interstitial compounds of potassium in graphite is well known and the phases C8K, C10K, C24K, C36K and others have been identified and their physical and chemical properties measured by several authors1–9.

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    C. HÉRINCKX, R. PERRET & W. RULAND

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HÉRINCKX, C., PERRET, R. & RULAND, W. Interstitial Compounds of Potassium with Carbon Fibres. Nature 220, 63–64 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220063a0

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