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Science 18 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3751, pp. 895 - 896
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3751.895
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Molybdenum Diselenide: Rhombohedral High Pressure-High Temperature Polymorph

Laird C. Towle 1, Verne Oberbeck 2, Bruce E. Browndagger 3, and Ralph E. Stajdohar 1

1 Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
2 Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 ;Ames Research center, Sanfrancisco, California.
3 Allis-Chalmers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 ;Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin,Milwaukee.

A three-layered rhombohedral form of molybdenum diselenide has been produced by subjecting the normal two-layered hexagonal form to pressures of 40 kilobars and temperatures of 1500°C. The new form is isostructural with rhombohedral molybdenum disulfide.


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