Preparation and Partial Characterization of Two New Hexavalent Uranium Metal Uranates
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X Ray
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The preparation, chemical characterization and structural investigation by X-ray and electron diffraction of two uranates (VI), namely Sr5U3O14 and of Pb11U5O26, are reported. The strontium compound, the unit cell of which is metrically tetragonal with a = 11.248(5), c = 11.086(5) Ǻ, Z = 4, was shown by electron diffraction to be orthorhombic, space group Pbca with a = b. Crystals of Sr5U3O14 are invariably submicroscopically twinned and, because of the identity of a and b, mimic tetragonal symmetry. The lead uranate , Pb11U5O26, was shown to be a long-period superstructure with unit cell dimensions a = 44.54, b = 15.586, c = 8.241 Ǻ, Z = 8.
1999 ◽
Vol 55
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pp. 1481-1483
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1971 ◽
Vol 29
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pp. 428-429