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IN a previous letter1, I showed that a thin layer of antimony produced by distillation in a high vacuum is amorphous. This conclusion was drawn from the fact that the electron diffraction pattern consisted of broad bands always showing exactly the same appearance (width, intensity, etc.) this could scarcely be understood if the state were only colloidal. The following researches corroborate and extend this view:
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CAMPBELL, W. Amorphous Antimony. Nature 136, 299 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136299b0
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