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Crystal Structure of Ammonium Tetrameta-phosphate

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CRYSTALS of ammonium metaphosphate are biaxial, negatively birefringent, with rhombic symmetry 2/m 2/m 2/m, instead of tetragonal, as stated by Warschauer1. An X-ray investigation showed there are sixteen molecules of ammonium phosphate (NH4PO3) in the unit cell with dimensions of 10.40 A., 10.8 A. and 12.75 A. The space group is Cmca.

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  2. Laboratory for General and Inorganic Chemistry, University, Amsterdam,

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ROMERS, C., KETELAAR, J. & MACGILLAVRY, C. Crystal Structure of Ammonium Tetrameta-phosphate. Nature 164, 960–961 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164960a0

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