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Science 21 September 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3534, p. 993
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3534.993
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New High-Pressure Polymorph of Zinc Oxide

Carl H. Bates 1, William B. White 1, and Rustum Roy 1

1 Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Zinc oxide exists in a sodium chloride structure form in the 100-kilobar pressure range. The cell edge of the high pressure form is 4.280 A, the theoretical density is 6.912, and the enthalpy of transition is 785 cal/mole.

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