Dimorphic ThNi2P2 with BaCu2S2 and CaBe2Ge2 Type Structure

1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg H. Albering ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Two modifications of ThNi2P2 were prepared in a tin flux at 850 °C (α-ThNi2P2) and 1000 °C (β-ThNi2P2). The crystal structures of both modifications were refined from single­crystal X-ray data. α-ThNi2P2 (BaCu2S2 type structure): Pnma. a = 819.69(5), b = 394.28(3), c = 981.54(7) pm. R = 0.028 for 32 variables and 654 structure factors: β-ThNi2P2 (CaBe2Ge2 type structure): P4/nmm, a = 408.5(1), c = 908.0(3) pm, R = 0.033 for 15 variable parameters and 261 F values. Although the two structures are closely related, they can be transformed into each other only by a reconstructive phase transformation. The differences and similari­ties of the two structures are discussed. The high temperature form has higher symmetry, a smaller number of variable positional parameters, and a tendency for higher coordination numbers.

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 1767-1773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Niemann ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Well-crystallized samples of the rhenium aluminides Re4Al11 and ReAl6 were obtained by reaction of rhenium with an excess of aluminum. Re4Al11 was found to be isotypic with Mn4Al11. The MnAl6 type structure of ReAl6 was confirmed. The crystal structures of both compounds were refined from single-crystal X-ray data. Re4Al11:P1̄, Z = 1, a = 516.0(1) pm, b = 896.3(2) pm, c = 516.9(1) pm, a = 90.44(1)°, β = 99.76(1)°, γ = 105.17(1)°, V = 0.2271 nm3, R = 0.036 for 2315 structure factors and 74 variable parameters. ReAl6: Cmcm, Z = 4, a = 761.0(1) pm, b = 660.5(1) pm, c = 903.4(1) pm, V = 0.4541 nm3, R = 0.013 for 711F values and 23 variables. In both structures the rhenium atoms have ten aluminum neighbors at distances from 245 to 277 pm. The Al-Al distances cover the whole range from 251 to 362 pm rather continuously. The previously reported compound Re2Al with the tetragonal MoSi2-type structure has the lattice constants a = 298.1(1) pm, c = 958.4(4) pm, V = 0.08519 nm3. ReAl6 shows Pauli-paramagnetism.


1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Jeitschko ◽  
Horst A. Mons ◽  
Ute Ch. Rodewald ◽  
Manfred H. Möller

The title compound was prepared in well-crystallized form by thermal decomposition of Ca5Re2O12. Its structure was determined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data: I41, a = 1107.0(1), c = 1609.3(1) pm, Z = 4, R = 0.056 for 4565 structure factors and 119 variable parameters. The calcium atoms occupy seven different sites with 8, 9, or 10 oxygen neighbors. The two different rhenium atoms are octahedrally coordinated by oxygen atoms with average Re-O distances of 193.1 and 187.7 pm for the six- and seven-valent rhenium atoms, respectively. The compound shows Curie-Weiss behavior with a magnetic moment of μexp = 1.15(±0.10) μB per Re(VI) atom. The structure is closely related to that of Sr11Os4O24 which, however, crystallizes in the space group I2/a. The difference between the two structures arises through the higher coordination numbers of the strontium atoms. It is suggested that at high temperature both compounds crystallize in the common higher symmetry space group I4/a. Since Ca11Re4O24 crystallizes in the pyroelectric class 4 this compound is expected to be ferroelectric.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 1467-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Wollesen ◽  
Joachim W. Kaiser ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Abstract The five compounds LnZnSbO (Ln = La - Nd, Sm) were prepared by annealing cold-pressed pellets of the lanthanoids, zinc oxide, and antimony, or by reacting these components in a NaCl/KCl flux. They crystallize with the tetragonal ZrCuSiAs type structure, which was refined from single-crystal X-ray data of CeZnSbO : P 4/nmm, a = 419.76(4), c = 947.4(1) pm, Z = 2, R = 0.022 for 165 structure factors and 12 variable parameters. Chemical bonding in this and the formally isotypic compound CeZn1-xSb2 is briefly discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pöttgen ◽  
K. H. Wachtmann ◽  
W. Jeitschko ◽  
A. Lang ◽  
T. Ebel

Abstract Er5Re2C7, Tm5Re2C7, and Lu5Re2C7 were prepared by arc-melting of the elemental components and subsequent annealing at 800 °C. Er5Re2C7 forms only after the annealing process, whereas the other two carbides were already present in the as cast samples. They crystallize with a Sc5Re2C7 type structure, which was refined from single-crystal X-ray data of Lu5Re2C7: Cmmm, a = 791.44(5), b = 1418.08(8), c = 332.79(2) pm, Z = 2, R = 0.037 for 544 structure factors and 21 variable parameters. The structure contains linear centrosymmetric C3 units with a C-C bond length of 133(2) pm and isolated carbon atoms in octahedral coordination of four lutetium and two rhenium atoms. The rhenium atoms within the two-dimensionally infinite polymeric sheets [Re2C4]n are electronically saturated as is indicated by the diamagnetism and the semiconductivity of this carbide. Yb2ReC2 was prepared by reacting the elements in a sealed tantalum tube with a high-frequency furnace. It crystallizes with a Pr2ReC2 type structure: Pnma, a = 645.91(6), b = 498.64(6), and c = 966.05(6) pm. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate the ytterbium atoms to be trivalent in this compound.


1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Spieß ◽  
Reginald Gruehn

Abstract Thermal Behaviour, Crystal Structures, Modifications Using the high temperature Guinier technique the transformation of the room temperature form N-PbSO4 to the cubic high-temperature form H-PbSO4 was observed. The nonquenchable H-PbSO4 modification crystallizes in the α-NaClO4-type with a(900°) = 7,23 Å, Z = 4 and dX-ray (900 °C) = 5,33 g/cm3 . The thermal dilatation of N-and H-PbSO4 was measured.


1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 673-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena M.T. Thiede ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Abstract The twelve title compounds have been prepared for the first time. Their CaCr2Al10-type structure (P4/nmm, Z = 4) was refined from single-crystal X-ray data for the three representatives TbMnAl10 (a = 1274.3(2) pm, c = 511.4(2) pm, R = 0.025 for 680 structure factors F and 43 variable parameters V), CeRe2Al10 (a = 1295.5(5) pm, c = 517.2(4) pm, R = 0.054 for 810 F and 46 V), and SmRe2Al10 (a = 1291.5(2) pm, c = 516.5(1) pm, R = 0.021 for 622 F and 46 V). The atomic positions of the lanthanoid and transition metal atoms are fully occupied. Significant deviations from the full occupancies were observed for two aluminum sites in TbMn2Al10 and for all five aluminum sites of the two rhenium-containing compounds, resulting in the compositions TbMn2Al9.63(2), CeRe2Al9.52(8), and SmRe2Al9.16(9). The cell volume of CeRe2Al10 and to a smaller extent also that of CeMn2Al10 indicate mixed or intermediate +III/+IV valencies of the cerium atoms in these compounds. The structural relationships between the three closely related body-centered tetragonal structures of ThMn12, CeMniAl8, DyFe6Al6 and the primitive tetragonal structure of CaCr2Al10 are briefly discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 560-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre T. Nientiedt ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko ◽  
Peter G. Pollmeier ◽  
Markus Brylak

Abstract The 24 title compounds were prepared in well crystallized form by reaction of the rare earth elements (or uranium, respectively), manganese, the pnictide components, and MnO2 in a NaCl/KCl flux. They crystallize with the tetragonal ZrCuSiAs type structure (P4/nmm, Z = 2), which has been refined from single-crystal X-ray data of NdMnPO (a = 398.9(1), c = 867.4(1) pm, R = 0.026), NdMnAsO (a = 404,9(2), c = 889.3(4) pm, R = 0.025), and NdMnSbO (a = 416.5(1), c = 946.2(2) pm, R = 0.021) for 107, 190, and 124 structure factors, respectively, and 11 variable parameters each. Chemical bonding in these compounds is briefly discussed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 462-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Kaiser ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Abstract The title compounds were prepared by solid state reaction of the elemental components. Their crystal structures were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data. Ag2SiP2: 14̄2d, a = 652.75(5) pm, c = 855.0(1) pm, Z = 4, R = 0.024 for 611 structure factors and 14 variable parameters; AuSiP: R3m, a = 345.9(1) pm, c = 1720.0(3) pm, Z = 3, R = 0.023 (352 F values, 11 variables). The silicon atoms in Ag2SiP2 are tetrahedrally coordinated by phosphorus atoms. The compound might therefore be considered as a phosphidosilicate and its formula can be rationalized as (Ag+1)2Si+4(P-3)2. However, Ag2SiP2 is not a tetrahedral compound since the phosphorus atoms have five near neighbors (3Ag + 2Si) and the silver atoms are coordinated by three phosphorus atoms in almost trigonal planar coordination. Weak silver-silver bonding is assumed for the shortest Ag-Ag contacts of 318 pm. In AuSiP the gold atoms are in a linear coordination of one silicon (235.5 pm) and one phosphorus atom (232.6 pm). The silicon and phosphorus atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated (3Si + 1 Au and 3P + 1 Au, respectively). Thus, the elements can be assigned oxidation numbers according to the formula Au+1Si+2P-3 . This structure was also refined in the centrosymmetric space group R3̄m, but in this improper setting the silicon and phosphorus atoms occupy one crystallographic site with random occupancy.


1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Witte ◽  
Wolfgang Jeitschko

Abstract The 14 carbides Ln3.67MnC6 (Ln = La-Nd) and Ln3.67TC6 (Ln = La-Nd, Sm; T = Fe, Ru) were prepared from the elemental components by arc-melting and subsequent annealing. Eu3.16NiC6 was obtained from a lithium flux. The crystal structures of these nearly isotypic, hexagonal compounds (P63/m, Z = 2) were determined from single-crystal X-ray data; La3.67- FeC6: a = 878.7(2), c = 535.1(1) pm, R = 0.052 for 548 structure factors and 25 variable parameters; Eu3.16NiC6: a -860.0(1), c = 548.2(2) pm, R = 0.015 for 606 structure factors and 25 variables. The structures differ from the previously reported Gd3Mn2C6 structure by the occupancy of one manganese position by rare earth atoms. Since the lanthanum atoms are larger than the manganese atoms, only two thirds of these manganese positions can be occupied by the lanthanum atoms in La3.67FeC6. Eu3.16NiC6 has similar atomic positions. The C-C bond distances in the C2 pairs are 130(2) and 126.5(5) pm in the La and Eu compounds, respectively. Magnetic susceptibility measurements with a SQUID magnetometer indicate La3.67FeC6 to be Pauli paramagnetic. A test for superconductivity was negative down to 3 K.


2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Jeitschko ◽  
Martin Schlüter

The title compounds were prepared by melting and annealing of stoichiometric mixtures of the elemental components in a high-frequency furnace. They are isotypic with Yb2Ru3Ga10 (P4/mbm, Z = 2). Their lattice constants were determined from X-ray powder data, and their crystal structures were refined from single-crystal X-ray data. Er2Os3Ga10: a = 883.4(1), c = 636.7(1) pm, R = 0.025 for 506 Fo values, and Tm2Os3Ga10: a = 883.2(1), c = 633.6(1) pm, R = 0.023 for 568 Fo values and 25 variable parameters each. The crystal structures of these intermetallic compounds are briefly discussed.


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