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Some Observations on the Structure of TATB
The recent discovery of second-harmonic light generation (SHG) from 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB) has renewed interest in both the crystallography and the identification of defect structures in this material. The accepted crystal structure is triclinic but centrosymmetric (P-1); SHG is not expected from materials of this symmetry. A wide variety of syntheses have been shown to produce SHG-positive materials, including an emulsion technique, two different recrystallization methods, and a variety of combined reaction - precipitation processes. In addition, two standard commercial powders have shown the property after annealing in the 300 C range. We have examined the structures of several of these powders using polarized light microscopy (PLM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). We find that SHG-positive materials typically contain crystals both more transparent and more strongly faceted (i.e. ''more perfect'') than weak-SHG ones and that the positive samples show stronger texture in their powder diffraction patterns. These results are compared with predictions from Cady's structure
The Effect of Hydrochloric Acid Concentration on the Reduction of Molybdate in the Silver Reductor
Cerimetric Determination of Molybdenum in High Chloride Media Using Molybdenum Blue Reaction
Attachment and loss in the context of US immigration: caregiver separation and characteristics of internal working models of attachment in high school students
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