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Crystal Structure and Shape of Colloidal Particles of Vanadium Pentoxide

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THE analysis of the crystal structure of V2O5 seemed to be of special interest in relation to the well-known tendency of vanadium pentoxide in colloidal solution to form rod-like particles. Further, practically nothing is known about the structure of compounds of the form A2B5, such as Nb2O5 and Ta2O5, as well as V2O5.

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KETELAAR, J. Crystal Structure and Shape of Colloidal Particles of Vanadium Pentoxide. Nature 137, 316 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137316a0

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