ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Silica, an important constituent of the Earth's crust, exists in a number of allotropic forms. Among the various silica polymorphs, a-quartz is the stable structure at room temperature and at pressure below 3 GPa. At higher pressures, this structure persists as a metastable phase which gradually ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/353344a0
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