Structures are proposed which account for the powder diffraction patterns obtained from samples of polonium containing various amounts of lead. Unusual temperature effects are recorded for α-polonium. It is suggested that the Pb and Po are present in interpenetrating primitive cubic lattices which are indistinguishable because the atomic numbers are nearly the same.
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