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Science 28 May 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4549, pp. 984 - 986
DOI: 10.1126/science.216.4549.984
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Carbyne Forms of Carbon: Do They Exist?

P. P. K. SMITH 1 and PETER R. BUSECK 1

1 Departments of Geology and Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287

Almost 15 years have passed since carbynes entered the literature as new forms of elemental carbon. They recently attracted attention as possible interstellar dust constituents and as carriers of presolar noble gases in meteorites. Their existence and that of the related mineral chaoite are questioned, and a reevaluation of previous data is suggested.

Submitted on November 6, 1981


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