The Lanthanoid Osmium Gallides Er2Os3Ga10 and Tm2Os3Ga10 with Yb2Ru3Ga10-type Structure

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.

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.


2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 446-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Kußmann ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

New ternary stannide YbPdSn2 was synthesized from the elements in a sealed tantalum tube in a high-frequency furnace. YbPdSn2 was characterized through X-ray powder and single crystal data: Cmcm, a = 442.4(2), b = 1108.6(3), c = 738.4(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0450, 317 F2 values, and 16 variable parameters. YbPdSn2 crystallizes with the MgCuAl2 type structure, a ternary ordered variant of the Re3B type. The tin sublattice of YbPdSn2 corresponds to a distorted lonsdaleitelike arrangement with Sn-Sn distances varying from 303 to 336 pm.


2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Tappe ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

The rare earth-rich intermetallic compounds RE23T7CD4(RE = La-Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb; T = Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Ir, Pt) were synthesized by melting of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a high frequency furnace. They crystallize with the Pr23Ir7Mg4-type structure, space group P63mc, Z = 2. The structures of La23Pt7Cd4 (a = 1025.4(2), c = 2319.5(5) pm, wR2 = 0.0425, 2587 F2, 74 variables), La23Ru6.87(1)Cd4 (a = 1015.0(2), c = 2282.8(4) pm, wR2 = 0.0383, 2459 F2, 75 variables), and Nd23Rh7Cd4 (a = 990.0(2), c = 2239.0(5) pm, wR2 = 0.0507, 2350 F2, 74 variables) were refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data. Central structural motifs of the RE23 T7Cd4 compounds are transition metal-centered trigonal prisms of rare earth atoms and Cd4 tetrahedra. The RE6T prisms are condensed via common edges and corners, leading to three-dimensional networks. Typical interatomic distances in the prismatic network and in the Cd4 tetrahedra are 295 - 313 pm La-Pt and 319 - 325 pm Cd-Cd, respectively (examplarily for La23Pt7Cd4)


2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratikanta Mishra ◽  
Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

Abstract The title compounds were synthesized by reaction of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a water-cooled sample chamber in a high-frequency furnace. These magnesium intermetallics crystallize with the tetragonal Mo2FeB2 type structure, space group P4/mbm. The lattice pa­ rameters of all compounds were refined from X-ray powder data. Single crystal X-ray data yielded a = 792.09(6), c = 396.31(8) pm, wR2 = 0.0396, 315 F2 values for La2Cu2Mg, a = 778.30(5), c = 384.04(5) pm, wR2 = 0.0954, 214 F2 values for Nd2Cu2Mg, and a = 762.65(5), c = 374.09(3) pm, wR2 = 0.0566, 186 F2 values for Y2Cu2Mg with 12 variable parameters for each refinement. The RE2Cu2Mg structures can be described as an intergrowth of distorted A1B2 and CsCl related slabs of compositions RECu2 and REMg. Chemical bonding in La2Cu2Mg was investigated on the basis of extended Hückel calculations and compared to isotypic La2Cu2ln. This structure was also refined from single crystal X-ray data: P4/mbm, a = 780.8(2), c = 400.1(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0351, 211 F2 values and 12 variable parameters.


2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 1221-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Johnscher ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

The cadmium-rich intermetallic compounds REPdCd2 (RE=Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm) were obtained by high-frequency melting of the elements in sealed niobium ampoules and subsequent annealing in muffle furnaces. The REPdCd2 phases crystallize with the orthorhombic MgCuAl2-type structure, space group Cmcm. The structure of NdPdCd2 was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data: a=421.9(3), b=995.4(7), c=834.5(6) pm, wR=0.0286, 451 structure factors, 16 variables. The palladium and cadmium atoms build up a three-dimensional [PdCd2] network (281 - 283 pm Pd-Cd; 298 - 335 pm Cd-Cd) in which the neodymium atoms fill cavities. They are connected to the [PdCd2] network via shorter Nd-Pd bonds of 286 pm.


1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1351-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Keimes ◽  
Albrecht Mewis

The compounds Mg2Ni3P and Mg2Ni3As were prepared by heating the elements. Their structures have been determined from single-crystal X-ray data. The structure of the phosphide is a rhombohedral ternary variant of the cubic Laves structure type MgCu2 (R 3̄ m; hexagonal lattice constants: a = 4.971(0) Å, c = 10.961(2) Å). The ordered substitution of one quarter of the metal atoms by phosphorus and the resulting shorter distances are responsible for the rhombohedral symmetry.The arsenide crystallizes in the MgCu2 type structure (Fd 3 m; a = 6.891(1)A, composition Mg2Ni3As) with a statistic distribution of the Ni and As atoms; the relevant homogeneity range extends from Mg2Ni2.9As1.1 to Mg2Ni3.5As0.5.


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.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trinath Mishra ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

The equiatomic rare earth compounds REPtZn (RE = Y, Pr, Nd, Gd-Tm) were synthesized from the elements in sealed tantalum tubes by high-frequency melting at 1500 K followed by annealing at 1120 K and quenching. The samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction. The structures of four crystals were refined from single-crystal diffractometer data: TiNiSi type, Pnma, a = 707.1(1), b = 430.0(1), c = 812.4(1) pm, wR2 = 0.066, 602 F2, 21 variables for PrPt1.056Zn0.944; a = 695.2(1), b = 419.9(1), c = 804.8(1) pm, wR2 = 0.041, 522 F2, 21 variables for GdPt0.941Zn1.059; a = 688.2(1), b = 408.1(1), c = 812.5(1) pm, wR2 = 0.041, 497 F2, 22 variables for HoPt1.055Zn0.945; a = 686.9(1), b = 407.8(1), c = 810.4(1) pm, wR2 = 0.061, 779 F2, 20 variables for ErPtZn. The single-crystal data indicate small homogeneity ranges REPt1±xZn1±x. The platinum and zinc atoms build up three-dimensional [PtZn] networks (265 - 269 pm Pt-Zn in ErPtZn) in which the erbium atoms fill cages with coordination number 16 (6 Pt + 6 Zn + 4 Er). Bonding of the erbium atoms to the [PtZn] network proceeds via shorter RE-Pt distances, i. e. 288 - 293 pm in ErPtZn.


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.


2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1127-1130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Falko M. Schappacher ◽  
Ute Ch. Rodewald ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

New intermetallic compounds RE4TCd (RE = Y, La-Nd, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu; T = Ni, Pd, Ir, Pt) were synthesized by melting of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a highfrequency furnace. They crystallize with the Gd4RhIn-type structure, space group F 4̄3m, Z = 16. The four gadolinium compounds were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffractometer data: a = 1361.7(1) pm, wR2 = 0.062, 456 F2 values, 19 variables for Gd4NiCd; a = 1382.1(2) pm, wR2 = 0.077, 451 F2 values, 19 variables for Gd4PdCd; a = 1363.6(2) pm, wR2 = 0.045, 494 F2 values, 19 variables for Gd4IrCd; a = 1379.0(1) pm, wR2 = 0.045, 448 F2 values, 19 variables for Gd4PtCd. The rare earth atoms build up transition metal-centered trigonal prisms which are condensed via common corners and edges, leading to three-dimensional adamantane-related networks. The cadmium atoms form Cd4 tetrahedra which fill voids left in the prisms’ network.


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