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Structural phase transitions, dehydration and decomposition of ammonium hypodiphosphates

Katarzyna A Ślepokura1, Paulina Kurowska1, Daria Budzikur-Maciąg1

  • 1Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie, Wrocław, 50-383, Poland.

Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
|July 7, 2025
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Keywords:
ammonium saltscrystal structuredecompositiondehydrationhypodiphosphoric acidmetal-free perovskitephase transitionpowder X-ray diffractionthermal analysis

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