“…Although a phase change at 228°C had been observed by Liempt (1931), the structure of the second polymorph of WC16 was not investigated until recently (Smith, Landingham, Smith & Johnson, 1968). These authors found a hexagonal polymorph of WC16 with a=10.511 (3) A and c=5.757 (1) A, (Table 1), the cell being similar to that of UCI6 which has the hexagonal space group P3ml and a= 10.…”