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The Silicon-Boron System

Nature volume 187, pages 54–55 (1960)Cite this article

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RECENTLY the synthesis of a compound of the composition SiB4 has been reported in two articles1,2. Concurrent with this work we have been investigating this compound as a part of our programme for studying high-temperature materials.

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    CYRILL BROSSET & BENGT MAGNUSSON

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BROSSET, C., MAGNUSSON, B. The Silicon-Boron System. Nature 187, 54–55 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187054a0

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