Synthesis and Crystal Structures of ATi[Nb6Cl18] Compounds (A = K, Rb, Cs, In, Tl)

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nägele ◽  
E. Anokhina ◽  
J. Sitar ◽  
H.-J. Meyer ◽  
A. Lachgar

Abstract New quaternary niobium cluster chlorides corresponding to the general formula ATi[Nb6Cl18] (A = K, Rb, Cs, In, Tl) have been synthesized in sealed quartz tubes at 720 °C, starting from stoichiometric amounts of NbCl5, niobium metal, TiCl3, and ACl (A = K, Rb, Cs), or In or Tl metals. The structures of RbTi[Nb6Cl18] and CsTi[Nb6Cl18] were determined using single­ crystal X-ray diffraction. RbTi[Nb6Cl18] crystallizes in the rhombohedral crystal system, space group R3̄ (no. 148), Z = 3, with lattice parameters: a = 9.163(4), c = 25.014(14) Å (hexagonal setting). The structure refinement converged to R1 = 0.044 and wR2 = 0.058 for all data. In this structure, discrete [Nb6Cl18]4-cluster units are linked by Rb+ and Ti3+ cations, located in a 12-coordinated anticubeoctahedral and octahedral chloride coordination environment, respectively. In contrast, CsTi[Nb6Cl18] crystallizes in the trigonal crystal system, space group P3̄1c (no. 163), Z = 2. The lattice parameters were determined to be a = 9.1075(6), c = 17.0017(8) Å. The structure refinement gives the reliability factors R1 = 0.029 and wR2 = 0.063 for all data. The structure is built up of discrete octahedral [Nb6Cl18]4- cluster units, linked by Cs+ and Ti3+ cations which are located in a distorted hexagonal antiprismatic and octahedral chloride coordination environment, respectively. The structures of the compounds ATi[Nb6Cl18] (A = K, In, Tl) were found to be isotypic with RbTi[Nb6Cl18], and their unit cell parameters were refined using X-ray powder diffraction analysis.

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee-Lack Choi ◽  
Naoya Enomoto ◽  
Nobuo Ishizawa ◽  
Zenbe-e Nakagawa

X-ray powder diffraction data for Ti2O2(C2O4)(OH)2·H2O were obtained. The crystal system was determined to be orthorhombic with space group C2221. The unit cell parameters were refined to a = 1.0503(2) nm, b = 1.5509(3) nm, and c = 0.9700(1) nm.


Author(s):  
Dan Holtstam ◽  
Luca Bindi ◽  
Paola Bonazzi ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Förster ◽  
Ulf B. Andersson

ABSTRACT Arrheniusite-(Ce) is a new mineral (IMA 2019-086) from the Östanmossa mine, one of the Bastnäs-type deposits in the Bergslagen ore region, Sweden. It occurs in a metasomatic F-rich skarn, associated with dolomite, tremolite, talc, magnetite, calcite, pyrite, dollaseite-(Ce), parisite-(Ce), bastnäsite-(Ce), fluorbritholite-(Ce), and gadolinite-(Nd). Arrheniusite-(Ce) forms anhedral, greenish-yellow translucent grains, exceptionally up to 0.8 mm in diameter. It is optically uniaxial (–), with ω = 1.750(5), ε = 1.725(5), and non-pleochroic in thin section. The calculated density is 4.78(1) g/cm3. Arrheniusite-(Ce) is trigonal, space group R3m, with unit-cell parameters a = 10.8082(3) Å, c = 27.5196(9) Å, and V = 2784.07(14) Å3 for Z = 3. The crystal structure was refined from X-ray diffraction data to R1 = 3.85% for 2286 observed reflections [Fo > 4σ(Fo)]. The empirical formula for the fragment used for the structural study, based on EPMA data and results from the structure refinement, is: (Ca0.65As3+0.35)Σ1(Mg0.57Fe2+0.30As5+0.10Al0.03)Σ1[(Ce2.24Nd2.13La0.86Gd0.74Sm0.71Pr0.37)Σ7.05(Y2.76Dy0.26Er0.11Tb0.08Tm0.01Ho0.04Yb0.01)Σ3.27Ca4.14]Σ14.46(SiO4)3[(Si3.26B2.74)Σ6O17.31F0.69][(As5+0.65Si0.22P0.13)Σ1O4](B0.77O3)F11; the ideal formula obtained is CaMg[(Ce7Y3)Ca5](SiO4)3(Si3B3O18)(AsO4)(BO3)F11. Arrheniusite-(Ce) belongs to the vicanite group of minerals and is distinct from other isostructural members mainly by having a Mg-dominant, octahedrally coordinated site (M6); it can be considered a Mg-As analog to hundholmenite-(Y). The threefold coordinated T5 site is partly occupied by B, like in laptevite-(Ce) and vicanite-(Ce). The mineral name honors C.A. Arrhenius (1757–1824), a Swedish officer and chemist, who first discovered gadolinite-(Y) from the famous Ytterby pegmatite quarry.


Author(s):  
Fang Lu ◽  
Bei Zhang ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Ying Song ◽  
Gangxing Guo ◽  
...  

Phytases are phosphatases that hydrolyze phytates to less phosphorylatedmyo-inositol derivatives and inorganic phosphate. β-Propeller phytases, which are very diverse phytases with improved thermostability that are active at neutral and alkaline pH and have absolute substrate specificity, are ideal substitutes for other commercial phytases. PhyH-DI, a β-propeller phytase fromBacillussp. HJB17, was found to act synergistically with other single-domain phytases and can increase their efficiency in the hydrolysis of phytate. Crystals of native and selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI were obtained using the vapour-diffusion method in a condition consisting of 0.2 Msodium chloride, 0.1 MTris pH 8.5, 25%(w/v) PEG 3350 at 289 K. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.00 and 2.70 Å resolution, respectively, at 100 K. Native PhyH-DI crystals belonged to space groupC121, with unit-cell parametersa = 156.84,b = 45.54,c = 97.64 Å, α = 90.00, β = 125.86, γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules of PhyH-DI, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.17 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 43.26%. Crystals of selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI belonged to space groupC2221, with unit-cell parametersa = 94.71,b= 97.03,c= 69.16 Å, α = β = γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained one molecule of the protein, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.44 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 49.64%. Initial phases for PhyH-DI were obtained from SeMet SAD data sets. These data will be useful for further studies of the structure–function relationship of PhyH-DI.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Myroslava Horiacha ◽  
Galyna Nychyporuk ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen ◽  
Vasyl Zaremba

Abstract Phase formation in the solid solution TbNiIn1−x Ga x at 873 K was investigated in the full concentration range by means of powder X-ray diffraction and EDX analysis. The samples were synthesized by arc-melting of the pure metals with subsequent annealing at 873 K for one month. The influence of the substitution of indium by gallium on the type of structure and solubility was studied. The solubility ranges have been determined and changes of the unit cell parameters were calculated on the basis of powder X-ray diffraction data: TbNiIn1–0.4Ga0–0.6 (ZrNiAl-type structure, space group P 6 ‾ 2 m $P‾{6}2m$ , a = 0.74461(8)–0.72711(17) and c = 0.37976(5)–0.37469(8) nm); TbNiIn0.2–0Ga0.8–1.0 (TiNiSi-type structure, space group Pnma, а = 0.68950(11)–0.68830(12), b = 0.43053(9)–0.42974(6), с = 0.74186(10)–0.73486(13) nm). The crystal structures of TbNiGa (TiNiSi type, Pnma, a = 0.69140(5), b = 0.43047(7), c = 0.73553(8) nm, wR2=0.0414, 525 F 2 values, 21 variables), TbNiIn0.83(1)Ga0.17(1) (ZrNiAl type, P 6 ‾ 2 m $P‾{6}2m$ , a = 0.74043(6), c = 0.37789(3) nm, wR2 = 0.0293, 322 F 2 values, 16 variables) and TbNiIn0.12(2)Ga0.88(2) (TiNiSi type, Pnma, a = 0.69124(6), b = 0.43134(9), c = 0.74232(11) nm, wR2 = 0.0495, 516 F 2 values, 21 variables) have been determined. The characteristics of the solid solutions and the variations of the unit cell parameters are briefly discussed.


Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey A. Zolotarev ◽  
Elena S. Zhitova ◽  
Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya ◽  
Mikhail A. Rassomakhin ◽  
Vladimir V. Shilovskikh ◽  
...  

The technogenic mineral phases NH4MgCl3·6H2O and (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O from the burned dumps of the Chelyabinsk coal basin have been investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction. The NH4MgCl3·6H2O phase is monoclinic, space group C2/c, unit cell parameters a = 9.3091(9), b = 9.5353(7), c = 13.2941(12) Å, β = 90.089(8)° and V = 1180.05(18) Å3. The crystal structure of NH4MgCl3·6H2O was refined to R1 = 0.078 (wR2 = 0.185) on the basis of 1678 unique reflections. The (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O phase is orthorhombic, space group Pnma, unit cell parameters a = 13.725(2), b = 9.9365(16), c = 7.0370(11) Å and V = 959.7(3) Å3. The crystal structure of (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O was refined to R1 = 0.023 (wR2 = 0.066) on the basis of 2256 unique reflections. NH4MgCl3·6H2O is stable up to 90 °C and then transforms to the less hydrated phase isotypic to β-Rb(MnCl3)(H2O)2 (i.e., NH4MgCl3·2H2O), the latter phase being stable up to 150 °C. (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O is stable up to 120 °C and then transforms to an X-ray amorphous phase. Hydrogen bonds provide an important linkage between the main structural units and play the key role in determining structural stability and physical properties of the studied phases. The mineral phases NH4MgCl3·6H2O and (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O are isostructural with natural minerals novograblenovite and kremersite, respectively.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee-Lack Choi ◽  
Nobuo Ishizawa ◽  
Naoya Enomoto ◽  
Zenbe-e Nakagawa

X-ray powder-diffraction data for Pb2(C2O4)(NO3)2·2H2O were obtained. The crystal system was determined to be monoclinic. The unit-cell parameters were refined to a=10.613(2) Å, b=7.947(2) Å, c=6.189(1) Å, and β=104.48(2)°.


2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 608-615
Author(s):  
Ian E. Grey ◽  
Emre Yoruk ◽  
Stéphanie Kodjikian ◽  
Holger Klein ◽  
Catherine Bougerol ◽  
...  

AbstractBulachite specimens from Cap Garonne, France, comprise two intimately mixed hydrated aluminium arsenate minerals with the same Al:As ratio of 2:1 and with different water contents. The crystal structures of both minerals have been solved using data from low-dose electron diffraction tomography combined with synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. One of the minerals has the same powder X-ray diffraction pattern (PXRD) as for published bulachite. It has orthorhombic symmetry, space group Pnma with unit-cell parameters a = 15.3994(3), b = 17.6598(3), c = 7.8083(1) Å and Z = 4, with the formula [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4]⋅2H2O. The second mineral is a higher hydrate with composition [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4]⋅8H2O. It has the same Pnma space group and unit-cell parameters a = 19.855(4), b = 17.6933(11) and c = 7.7799(5) Å i.e. almost the same b and c parameters but a much larger a parameter. The structures are based on polyhedral layers, parallel to (100), of composition [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4] and with H-bonded H2O between the layers. The layers contain [001] spiral chains of edge-shared octahedra, decorated with corner connected AsO4 tetrahedra that are the same as in the mineral liskeardite. The spiral chains are joined together by octahedral edge-sharing to form layers parallel to (100). Synchrotron PXRD patterns collected at different temperatures during heating of the specimen show that the higher-hydrate mineral starts transforming to bulachite when heated to 50°C, and the transformation is complete between 75 and 100°C.


Author(s):  
Janice A. Frias ◽  
Brandon R. Goblirsch ◽  
Lawrence P. Wackett ◽  
Carrie M. Wilmot

OleC, a biosynthetic enzyme involved in microbial hydrocarbon biosynthesis, has been crystallized. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction data have been collected to 3.4 Å resolution. The crystals belonged to space groupP3121 orP3221, with unit-cell parametersa=b= 98.8,c= 141.0 Å.


2014 ◽  
Vol 896 ◽  
pp. 609-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mufirah Cahya Fajrah Toana ◽  
Bambang Soegijono

This study examines the formation of Boron carbide with a wide homogeneity range B8C18 and B25C, from boric acid-glucose and boric acid-active carbon as precursor materials. The samples was analysed by means of X-ray diffraction and Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer. X-ray diffraction pattern was analysed by GSAS software. X ray diffraction pattern of B8C18 shows peaks at 27o, 39o, 45o, 65o and 79o, orthorhombic crystal system and lattice parameters a = 13.640 Ǻ, b = 7.8500 Ǻ and c = 12.910 Ǻ and space group P212121, whereas for B25C sample show peaks at 2θ angle 28o and 40o, tetragonal crystal system, and the lattice parameters a = b = 8.753 Ǻ and c = 5.093 Ǻ and space group P-4 2 m. FTIR results show that for B8C18 have absorption bands with B-C bond at 1196.5 cm-1, 0-H 3216.7 cm-1 and B-O at 1477.1 cm-1, whereas the formation B25C have absorption bands with B-C bond at 1195.1 cm-1, O-H 3216.7 cm-1 and B-O 1460.8 cm-1.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1095-C1095
Author(s):  
Marcelo Andrade ◽  
Javier Ellena ◽  
Daniel Atencio

Fluorcalciomicrolite, Ca1.5Ta2O6F, and hydroxycalciomicrolite, Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH), are new microlite-group [1] minerals found in the Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Both occur as octahedral and rhombododecahedral crystals. The crystals are colourless, yellow and translucent, with vitreous to resinous luster. The densities calculated for fluorcalciomicrolite [2] and hydroxycalciomicrolite are 6.160 and 6.176 g/cm3, respectively. The empirical formulae obtained from electron microprobe analysis are (Ca1.07Na0.81□0.12)Σ2(Ta1.84Nb0.14Sn0.02)Σ2[O5.93(OH)0.07]Σ6.00[F0.79(OH)0.21] for fluorcalciomicrolite and (Ca1.48Na0.06Mn0.01)Σ1.55(Ta1.88Nb0.11Sn0.01)Σ2O6[(OH)0.76F0.20O0.04] for hydroxycalmicrolite. Fluorcalciomicrolite is cubic, space group Fd-3m, a = 10.4191(6) Å, V = 1131.07(11) Å3, and Z = 8. Hydroxycalciomicrolite is also cubic; however, the presence of P-lattice is confirmed by the large number of weak reflections observed by X-ray diffraction. As a result, the space group is P4332 and unit-cell parameters are a = 10.4211(8) Å, and V = 1131.72(15) Å3.


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