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The etch-decoration method developed to detect lattice vacancies in graphite has been extended to the detection of lattice vacancies in molybdenite. Observations indicate that vacancies occur at sites from which a molybdenum atom is missing and that etch pits developed from these vacancies may be several layers deep; however, gold decoration can reveal step heights one layer deep (6.15 Å).
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