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Measurements of the hardness of a new high-pressure boron phase, orthorhombic γ-B28, are reported. According to the data obtained, γ-B28 has the highest hardness (∼ 50 GPa) of all known crystal-line modifications of boron.
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Original Russian Text © V.L. Solozhenko, O.O. Kurakevych, A.R. Oganov, 2008, published in Sverkhtverdye Materialy, 2008, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 84–85.
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Solozhenko, V.L., Kurakevych, O.O. & Oganov, A.R. On the hardness of a new boron phase, orthorhombic γ-B28 . J. Superhard Mater. 30, 428–429 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1063457608060117
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