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The $E$-phase of boron nitride as a fullerene

S. S. Batsanov

Center of High Dynamic Pressures of the Institute of Physicotechnical and Radiotechnical Measurements, 141570, Mendeleevo

Abstract: The set of structural and physicochemical characteristics of the $E$-phase of boron nitride, synthesized more than 30 years ago by shock-wave treatment, indicates that it is a 3D polymerized form of fullerene.

UDC: 541.66

Received: 27.09.1997

 English version: Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves, 1998, 34:1, 106–108