Crystal structure of Cu doped La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 by Rietveld refinement

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-332
Author(s):  
H. L. Cai ◽  
X. S. Wu ◽  
F. Z. Wang ◽  
A. Hu ◽  
S. S. Jiang ◽  
...  

The crystal structure of La0.67Ca0.33Mn0.80Cu0.20O3 (LCMCO) compound was determined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data and refined by the Rietveld method. LCMCO is isostructural with La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO). The crystal data are: La0.64Ca0.36Mn0.82Cu0.18O3.01, Mr=843.80, orthorhombic system, space group Pnma, a=5.4364(1) Å, b=7.6725(2) Å, c=5.4452(1) Å, V=227.124(8)Å3, Z=4, Dx=6.168 g∕cm3. In comparing with the Cu-free compound, subtle structural changes such as bond lengths and bond angles found in the Cu-doped compound may be responsible for the larger effects on the transport and magnetic properties when Cu partially substitutes for Mn in CMCO.

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Laufek ◽  
J. Návrátil

The crystal structure of skutterudite-related phase IrGe1.5Se1.5 has been refined by the Rietveld method from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data. Refined crystallographic data for IrGe1.5Se1.5 are a=12.0890(2) Å, c=14.8796(3) Å, V=1883.23(6) Å3, space group R3 (No. 148), Z=24, and Dc=8.87 g/cm3. Its crystal structure can be derived from the ideal skutterudite structure (CoAs3), where Se and Ge atoms are ordered in layers perpendicular to the [111] direction of the original skutterudite cell. Weak distortions of the anion and cation sublattices were also observed.


1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
J. Estienne ◽  
O. Cerclier ◽  
J. J. Rosenberg

Indexed X-ray powder diffraction data are reported for two organic salts with carbon rings having two quaternary nitrogens: diazonia-6,9 dispiro [5.2.5.2] hexadecane and diazonia-6,9 dispiro [5.2.5.3] heptadecane diiodides. For these compounds, which give solid electrolytes when associated with AgI, powder diffraction diagrams calculated by the Rietveld method from single crystal structure determinations are presented and are compared to the experimental diffraction data.


1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Withers ◽  
J. G. Thompson ◽  
A. Melnitchenko ◽  
S. R. Palethorpe

The crystal structure of a new cubic cristobalite-related sodium aluminosilicate Na1.45Al1.45Si0.55O4 [P213, a = 14.553 (1) Å] has been modelled using a modulation wave approach and the model tested against X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method. Owing to there being 64 independent positional parameters and eight independent Na sites, refinement of the tetrahedral framework atom positions and Na occupancies was not possible. The framework was modelled successfully in terms of q 1 = 1\over 4〈020〉_p^*-type (p = parent) modulation waves with the requirement that the MO4 (M = Al0.725Si0.275) tetrahedra be as close to regular as possible. Na/vacancy ordering was modelled successfully in terms of q 2 = 1\over 4〈220〉_p^* modulation waves. Only the Na-atom positions were refined. The significance of this unique modulated cubic cristobalite-related structure and the possible insight it provides to understanding β-cristobalite are discussed.


1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Bénard ◽  
Michèle Louër ◽  
Daniel Louër

AbstractA comparison between the results of ab initio structure determination from X-ray powder diffraction data of a new cadmium hydroxide nitrate, Cd5(OH)8 (NO3)2·2H2O (SG C2/m), and those obtained from single crystal data is presented. The powder diffraction pattern has been analysed by an indexing method and fitting techniques. A total of 119 unambiguously indexed reflections has been extracted and used in subsequent treatment. The power of powder techniques to index the pattern and to find the structure model by normal Patterson and Fourier methods is clearly shown. The refinement of approximate coordinates has been carried out by the Rietveld method (444 reflections). The comparison of results with those obtained from single crystal data (2218 reflections) shows that the precision of positional parameter values is lower by a factor of 10, on average, in the powder study. These results are discussed in terms of crystallographic parameters (number of reflections used, number of parameters to refine, contrast between atoms) and, also, in terms of sample dependent properties (preferred orientation effect, impurity). Finally, the crystal structure has been derived from powder data with a precision probably sufficient for most purposes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 289 ◽  
pp. 108-113
Author(s):  
Romana Iryna Martyniak ◽  
Nataliya Muts ◽  
Olga Sichevych ◽  
Horst Borrmann ◽  
Matej Bobnar ◽  
...  

The crystal structure of the (Cr,Ni)4Si phase with and without Co was refined from X-ray powder diffraction data. The compound crystallises with an Au4Al-type structure (Pearson symbol cP20, space group P213): unit-cell parameter a = 0.611959(6) nm for the composition (Cr0.312Ni0.688)4Si, a = 0.612094(6) nm for (Cr0.375Ni0.625)4Si, and a = 0.612316(6) nm for (Cr0.337Co0.063Ni0.600)4Si. The magnetic susceptibility was measured in external fields up to 7 T at temperatures between 1.8 and 400 K. The three investigated samples exhibited paramagnetic behaviour described by the modified Curie-Weiss law: χ0 = 146∙10-6 emu g-at.-1, μeff = 0.21 μB/atom, θP = -13 K for (Cr0.312Ni0.688)4Si; χ0 = 158∙10-6 emu g-at.-1, μeff = 0.20 μB/atom, θP = -15 K for (Cr0.375Ni0.625)4Si; χ0 = 169∙10-6 emu g-at.-1, μeff = 0.18 μB/atom, θP = -52 K for (Cr0.337Co0.063Ni0.600)4Si.


1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gravereau ◽  
J. P. Chaminade ◽  
B. Manoun ◽  
S. Krimi ◽  
A. El Jazouli

The structure of the oxyphosphate Ni0.50TiO(PO4) has been determined ab initio from conventional X-ray powder diffraction data by the “heavy atom” method. The cell is monoclinic (space group P21/c, Z=4) with a=7.3830(5) Å, b=7.3226(5) Å, c=7.3444(5) Å, and β=120.233(6)°. Refinement of 46 parameters by the Rietveld method, using 645 reflexions, leads to cRwp=0.152, cRp=0.120, and RB=0.043. The structure of Ni0.50TiO(PO4) can be described as a TiOPO4 framework constituted by chains of tilted corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra running parallel to the c axis, crosslinked by phosphate tetrahedra and in which one-half of octahedral cavities created are occupied by Ni atoms. Ti atoms are displaced from the center of octahedra units in alternating long (2.231) and short (1.703 Å) Ti–O bonds along chains.


1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.I. Smith ◽  
A.R. West ◽  
I. Abrahams ◽  
P.G. Bruce

AbstractThe crystal structure of metastable Li2Si2O5, Fw = 150.05, has been refined by the Rietveld method using high resolution X-ray powder diffraction data recorded at the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source on the new 8.3 diffractometer. Li2Si2O5, in keeping with many compounds of interest to the materials scientist, exhibits relatively broad diffraction peaks. It is important to establish the quality of crystal structure data that may be obtained from such materials on this new instrument. Various functions were used to model the peak shape from this instrument; a split-Pearson VII function appeared to be marginally superior to Pearson VII or Pseudo-Voigt functions. Refinement was carried out using the split-Pearson VII in the space group Pbcn (60) and terminated with a = 5.6871(6), b = 4.7846(5), c = 14.645(1) Å, V = 398.50 Å3, Z=4, Dc= 2.502 gcm−3, Rwp = 17.06, Rex = 14.48 and Χ2 = 1.39. The refined parameters are compared with those obtained from a previous single crystal X-ray determination.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Analio J. Dugarte-Dugarte ◽  
Jacco van de Streek ◽  
Graciela Díaz de Delgado ◽  
Alicja Rafalska-Lasocha ◽  
José Miguel Delgado

Several benzothiophene-based compounds, including 1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid, exhibit a wide variety of pharmacological activities. They have been extensively used to treat various types of diseases with high therapeutic effectiveness. In this contribution, the crystal structure of a new polymorph of 1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid (BTCA) was determined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data with DASH, refined by the Rietveld method with TOPAS-Academic, and optimized using DFT-D calculations. The new form of 1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid crystallizes in space group C2/c (No. 15) with a = 14.635(4), b = 5.8543(9), c = 19.347(3) Å, β = 103.95(1)°, V = 1608.8(6) Å3, and Z = 8. The structure is a complex 3D arrangement which can be described in terms of hydrogen-bonded dimers of BTCA molecules, joined by the acid–acid homosynthon, which interact through C–H⋯O hydrogen bonds to produce tapes further connected through head-to-tail π⋯π and edge-to-face C–H⋯π interactions. A comparison with a previously reported triclinic polymorph and with the related 1-benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid (BFCA) is also presented.


2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Laufek ◽  
A. Vymazalová ◽  
J. Plášil

Crystal structure of high-temperature modification of Pd73Sn14Te13 has been refined by the Rietveld method from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data. Refined crystallographic data of Pd73Sn14Te13 are a=7.6456(3) Å, c=13.9575(9) Å, V=706.75(6) Å3, space group P63cm (No. 185), Z=6, and Dx=10.71 g/cm3. The title compound is isostructural with Pd5Sb2 and Ni5As2; it can be considered as a stacking and filling variant of the Ni2In structure. An important structural feature in the high-temperature modification of Pd73Sn14Te13 is the presence of various Pd-Pd bonds.


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