Local Coordination Environment of 3d and 4d Transition Metal Ions in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Mixture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Apparatus
2.2. Experimental Methods
2.3. Computational Methods
3. Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fuller, J.; Phillips, W.; An, Q.; Gakhar, R. Local Coordination Environment of 3d and 4d Transition Metal Ions in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Mixture. Materials 2022, 15, 1478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15041478
Fuller J, Phillips W, An Q, Gakhar R. Local Coordination Environment of 3d and 4d Transition Metal Ions in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Mixture. Materials. 2022; 15(4):1478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15041478
Chicago/Turabian StyleFuller, Jon, William Phillips, Qi An, and Ruchi Gakhar. 2022. "Local Coordination Environment of 3d and 4d Transition Metal Ions in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Mixture" Materials 15, no. 4: 1478. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15041478