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Phenomena of polymerisation, mainly studied for such organic substances as formaldehyde and styrene, are also present with sulphur trioxide and other inorganic substances and with a number of elements. They are responsible for several cases of allotropy of the solid state.
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Gerding et al. (1937) studied this question.
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