International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 3.1, pp. 148-155
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000585

Chapter 3.1. Preparation, selection, and investigation of specimens

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