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Unpublished paper, 'The equilibrium and lattice spacing relations in the system magnesium-cadmium' by G V [Geoffrey Vincent] Raynor and W [William] Hume-Rothery

Reference number: AP/81/7

Date: 1939

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Raynor and Hume-Rothery present an overview of existing researches into the equilibrium and lattice spacing relations in the system magnesium-cadmium and share their own experimental observations.

Note on front reads 'Tables for archives'. Includes a letter dated 21 November 1939. Includes 14 pages of tables and five pages of graphs and diagrams.

Subject: Chemistry

A version of this paper was published in volume 174 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society A as 'The equilibrium and lattice-spacing relations in the system magnesium-cadmium'.

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AP/81/7
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1939
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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40 pages
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William Hume-Rothery

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Geoffrey Vincent Raynor

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William Hume-Rothery, Geoffrey Vincent Raynor, Unpublished paper, 'The equilibrium and lattice spacing relations in the system magnesium-cadmium' by G V [Geoffrey Vincent] Raynor and W [William] Hume-Rothery, 1939, AP/81/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_81_7/unpublished-paper-the-equilibrium-and-lattice-spacing-relations-in-the-system-magnesium-cadmium-by-g-v-geoffrey-vincent-raynor-and-w-william-hume-rothery, accessed on 13 September 2026

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