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Crystals and Rust

JAN 01, 1949

DOI: 10.1063/1.3066359

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Westinghouse researchers have been working on the preparation of thin single crystals of metals and are able to produce crystals only ten mils thick but as large as a half‐inch square. This will make easier x‐ray and electron diffraction studies on the precise effects of chemical reactions and external disturbances.

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