scholarly journals Crystal and Magnetic Structures of NaMnF4

1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 1669-1673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Molinier ◽  
Werner Massa ◽  
S. Khairoun ◽  
A. Tressaud ◽  
J. L. Soubeyroux

An X-ray single crystal structure determination (monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 573.6(2), b = 489.2(1), c = 574.8(2) pm, β = 108.07(2), Z = 2; wR = 0.038 for 380 reflections) shows that NaMnF4 crystallizes in the same layered structure type as LiMnF4. In the quadratic layers the Mn-F-Mn bridges are strongly asymmetric, due to the Jahn-Teller effect, leading to an antiferrodistortive order of elongated octahedra. The bridging angle is 138.4°. The Na+ ions are 6-coordinated as well. The common structural arrangement of both [MnF6] and [NaF6] octahedra shows topological relation to the rutile structure. In the magnetic measurements performed on powder samples NaMnF4 behaves as an antiferromagnet with a weak ferromagnetic component below 13 K. By neutron diffraction on powder (4-70 K) a magnetic cell doubled along the α-axis is found and below a Neel temperature of TN = 13 K the magnetic structure shows colinear antiferromagnetic arrangement of the spins pointing slightly (16) out of the layer plane. The resulting magnetic moment is 3.52 μΒ.

2003 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arwyn L. E. Smalley ◽  
Brandon Howe ◽  
David C. Johnson

ABSTRACTA series of cerium-containing CoSb3 samples were synthesized, with cerium quantities varying from 0 to 2 stoichiometric equivalents. These samples were annealed at low temperatures to crystallize the kinetically stable phases CexCo4Sb12 (x = 0–0.5). X-ray diffraction showed that these samples were phase pure, and Rietveld analysis on x-ray diffraction data from powder samples indicated that these samples were 25–88% crystalline. Electrical measurements showed that these samples are n-type, which was previously unknown in CexCo4Sb12. Magnetic measurements showed that the samples were paramagnetic due to the cerium being incorporated into the diamagnetic CoSb3 compound. In addition, they contained a ferromagnetic component that was attributed to the amorphous, cerium-containing phase.


MRS Bulletin ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Fisk ◽  
S-W. Cheong ◽  
D.C. Johnston

La2CuO4, crystallizes in an orthorhombic distortion of the tetragonal K2NiF4 structure, a so-called layered perovskite. The important question here concerns the stoichiometry of La2CuO4 prepared by various techniques. Regarding the La and Cu sites, recent neutron diffraction studies of powders have shown that the La:Cu ratio can vary from 2:1 by ≳1% in various preparations., Single crystals have been grown variously from CuO, PbO and Li2O-B2O3 fluxes. The last two fluxes incorporate some Pb and Li, respectively, into the crystals, but the cation ratio is found to be 2:1 within the accuracy of x-ray refinement.It is also known that the oxygen stoichiometry corresponds to La2CuO4 within ≃ 1%. Extensive and precise magnetic susceptibility (χ) and other studies of powder samples showed, however, that the physical properties are extremely sensitive to < 1% changes in the oxygen content. A clear indication from electric and magnetic measurements is that the oxygen stoichiometry is always that, or richer than that, corresponding to a Mott insulator with an exactly half-filled band. Consistent with this, the stoichiometry is more properly written La2-z CuO4-y with small, positive y and z.Several groups found that bulk superconductivity above 30 K can be produced in La2CuO4 by annealing powders or single crystals at high oxygen pressure. The weight gain in this process corresponds to producing La2CuO4.13, and these authors believe the excess oxygens go in as O-2, based on iodometric titration measurements giving the amount of [Cu-O]⊥ in the sample. Jorgensen et al. found that there is a phase separation below 320 K of La2CuO4 and the O2-loaded phase in oxygen-rich samples; the latter structure is also orthorhombic, but the position of the excess oxygens could not be determined unambiguously.


2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. 773-782
Author(s):  
Luca Küppers ◽  
Walter Frank

AbstractBis(1,3,5-trimethylbenzene)gallium(I) tetra­chloridoaluminate(III), [(1,3,5-(CH3)3C6H3)2Ga][AlCl4] (1), bis(1,3,5-trimethylbenzene)gallium(I) tetrabromido­aluminate(III), [(1,3,5-(CH3)3C6H3)2Ga][AlBr4] (2) and (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene)gallium(I) tetraiodidoaluminate(III), [1,3,5-(CH3)3C6H3Ga][AlI4] (3) were synthesized from the corresponding subvalent GaI/AlIII mixed metal halides and characterized via C,H analysis, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray single crystal diffraction. Compound 1 crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric monoclinic space group Cc isotypic to [(1,3,5-(CH3)3C6H3)2Ga][GaCl4]. For 2 and 3 the monoclinic space group P21/n is found, however, they are neither isotypic nor homotypic. While 2 is isotypic to [(1,3,5-(CH3)3C6H3)2In][InBr4], 3 establishes a new structure type. In the solids of all three title compounds coordination polymeric chains are found, in 1 and 2 built up from bis(arene)-coordinated, in 3 from mono(arene)-coordinated Ga+ ions and the corresponding AlX4− anions in a 1κCl:2κCl′ (1), 1κCl,Cl′:2κCl″ (2) or 1κCl,Cl′:2κCl″:3κCl‴ (3) bridging mode. Taking into account the weaker coordinating character of the AlCl4− as compared to the AlBr4− anion, in line with expectations the number of gallium halogen contacts is increased and the strength of the π-arene bonding is reduced in the bromide 2 as compared to the chloride 1. Finally, with the even more strongly coordinating AlI4− anion the arene coordination is limited to one molecule. Considering mesitylene complexes of gallium, the formation of a mono(arene) complex is unprecedented and even considering group 13 elements in general, the formation of a mono(mesitylene) complex like 3 is unusual. Furthermore, compound 3 is the first structurally characterized arene solvate of a main group metal tetraiodidometallate.


1974 ◽  
Vol 29 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Babel ◽  
F. Wall ◽  
G. Heger

The results of an X-ray structure determination on single crystals of CsFeF4 are reported. The compound crystallizes tetragonally with α = 7.794, c = 6.553 Å, z = 4, in spacegroup P4/nmm-D4h7 and is a hitherto unknown superstructure variant of the TlAlF4-type. Cesium exhibits 12-coordination (mean value Cs-F = 3.25 Å); the FeF6-octahedra are characteristically shortened normal to the FeF4⁻-layers (Fe-F = 1.962/1.861Å). An improved model is proposed and verified for a related structure of RbFeF4, showing the same features. Neutron diffraction studies on powder samples of CsFeF4 show that both compounds are identical as for their magnetic structures.


2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Liu ◽  
Martial Aime Wankeu ◽  
Heiko Lueken ◽  
Richard Dronskowski

Well-crystallized copper carbodiimide, CuNCN, was synthesized by the slow oxidation of a copper(I) cyanamide precursor under aqueous conditions. The X-ray powder data evidence the orthorhombic system and space group Cmcm with a = 2.9921(1), b = 6.1782(1), c = 9.4003(2) Å , V = 173.769(5) Å3 and Z = 4. There is a strongly distorted octahedral Cu2+ coordination reflecting a typical first-order Jahn-Teller effect, with interatomic distances of 4×Cu-N = 2.001(2) Å and 2×Cu-N = 2.613(3) Å ; the NCN2− unit adopts the carbodiimide shape with C-N = 1.227(4) Å . Despite the formal d9 electron count of Cu2+, CuNCN exhibits a small temperature-independent paramagnetism and is likely to be a metallic conductor.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 1241-1247
Author(s):  
Patrick R.N. Misse ◽  
Richard Dronskowski ◽  
Boniface P. T. Fokwa

Powder samples and single crystals of the boride phases MxRh7−xB3 (M = Cr,Mn, Ni; x ≤ 1) have been synthesized from the elements using an arc-melting furnace under purified argon atmosphere in a water-cooled copper crucible. The new phases were characterized from single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, as well as semi-quantitative EDX measurements. The obtained phases crystallize in the hexagonal Th7Fe3 structure type (space group P63mc, no. 186, Z = 2). In all cases (M = Cr, Mn, Ni), M is found to preferentially mix with rhodium at only one (6c) of the three available rhodium positions. Pauli paramagnetism was observed in CrxRh7−xB3 (x < 1), whereas both Pauli and temperature-dependent paramagnetisms were found in NiRh6B3.


1978 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Propach ◽  
F. Steffens

Abstract The structures of two modifications of CuZrF6 by means of neutron diffraction on powder samples in the temperature range from 298-560 K are reported. All modifications consist of octahedra, which share corners in three dimensions and which are centered alternately by Cu2+ or Zr4+. The high temperature α-modification crystallizes in space group Fm3 (No. 202) with α = 7.939 Å. There is experimental evidence, that the CuFe-octahedra are distorted by a static Jahn-Teller-effect. The space group P1̄ (No. 2) with Z = 2 is proposed for the low-temperature γ-modification.


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