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Core dictionary (coreCIF) version 2.4.5

_chemical_melting_point_

Names:
'_chemical_melting_point_gt' '_chemical_melting_point_lt'

Definition:

   A temperature in kelvins below which (*_lt) or above
   which (*_gt) the melting point (the temperature at which the
   crystalline solid changes to a liquid) lies. These items allow a
   range of temperatures to be given.

   _chemical_melting_point should always be used in preference
   to these items whenever possible.


The permitted range is 0.0 -> infinity

Related item: _chemical_melting_point (alternate)

Type: numb

Category: chemical


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.