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What is Non-stoichiometric compounds?

Also known as: non-stoichiometric compound

Definition 22.20 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 22 — Solid-State Chemistry: Bands, Defects and Semiconductors

A non-stoichiometric compound is a solid whose composition varies over a range around a simple ratio of whole numbers, the difference being taken up by point defects.

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