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IN recent work on the ultimate analysis of decaborane1 the permeability of palladium to hydrogen was utilized to separate the elements formed in the pyrolysis of this compound. Decaborane, contained in sealed palladium capsules, was decomposed by heating at 900° C., leaving a solid pyrolysis residue of boron containing approximately 0.5 atom per cent palladium. The residue was in the form of hard, shiny black granules (0.5–1.0 mm.), the X-ray diffraction pattern of which consisted of three diffuse rings.
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Simons, E. L., Balis, E. W., and Liebhafsky, H. A., Anal. Chem., 25, 635 (1953).
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SIMONS, E. Spiral Morphology of Boron Particles. Nature 172, 724 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172724a0
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