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Structural polytypism of SnS2

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ALTHOUGH recent work has indicated that more than one structural type of tin sulphide (SnS2) exists1, the magnitude of polytypism in this substance has not been studied until now. We have recently grown crystals of tin sulphide and have studied Weissenberg X-ray diffraction photographs of ninety specimens. Here we report the several polytypes which have been observed to date and indicate something about the frequency of the various structures.

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  1. Lewis Brooks Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903

    RICHARD S. MITCHELL

  2. National Institute for Researches in Inorganic Materials, Kurakake, Sakura-Mura, Niihari-Gun, Ibaraki, 300-31, Japan

    YOSHINORI FUJIKI & YOSHIO ISHIZAWA

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MITCHELL, R., FUJIKI, Y. & ISHIZAWA, Y. Structural polytypism of SnS2. Nature 247, 537–538 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247537a0

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