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DURING the course of an electron diffraction study of oxide films formed on iron, I have found it rather difficult to obtain surfaces the initial diffraction pattern of which can be attributed to iron alone. In particular, if the surface of a piece of clean Armco or electrolytic iron is abraided by rubbing it lightly over dry 0000 emery paper, the resulting pattern consists of the usual rings of -iron plus two diffuse rings or bands the mean radii of which correspond to spacings of 2.6 A. and 1.5 A.
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NELSON, H. Primary Oxide Film on Iron. Nature 139, 30 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139030a0
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