The platinum-rich scandium silicide Sc2Pt9Si3

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 603-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Voßwinkel ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractSingle crystals of Sc2Pt9Si3 have been obtained from an arc-melted and inductively annealed sample of the starting composition Sc:4Pt:2Si. The Sc2Pt9Si3 structure (Tb2Pt9Ge3 type, space group C2/c) was refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data: a=1303.4(1), b=749.9(1), c=973.5(1), β=116.44(1)°, wR2=0.0731, 1643 F2 values and 67 variables. The structure contains three basic coordination polyhedra Sc@Pt11, Si1@Pt8 and Si2@Pt8 which show a simple condensation pattern avoiding direct Sc–Si and Si–Si bonding.

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 804-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Namikawa ◽  
M. Egami ◽  
S. Koyama ◽  
Y. Shiohara ◽  
H. Kutami

Large YBa2Cu3O7−x (Y123) single crystals (larger than 13 mm cubed) have been grown along the c-axis reproducibly by the modified pulling method. The crystallinity of Y123 single crystal was investigated by x-ray diffraction and x-ray topography. Crystals grown from an MgO single crystal seed had some low angle subgrain boundaries which tilted 0.1–0.8° from each other. These grain boundaries originated from the seed crystal, and the subgrains were extended along the growth direction from the seed crystal. Y123 single crystals with no marked subgrains in the whole area were obtained by using Y123 single subgrain crystal seeds. FWHM of the x-ray rocking curve for the crystal so produced was about 0.14°, which was much better than the spectrum consisting of several separated peaks obtained from the previous crystals. Tc onset of the annealed sample was about 93.6 K, and the transition width was about 0.9 K. The low angle subgrain boundaries did not seem to be effective pinning centers for the magnetic flux.


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 903-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Gerke ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractNew alkaline earth-gold-aluminides were synthesized from the elements in sealed tantalum or quartz ampoules in muffle furnaces at maximum annealing temperatures of 1325 K. The structures were refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data. SrAu3Al2 crystallizes in an ordered version of the LT-SrZn5 structure: Pnma, a = 1315.9(3), b = 549.0(1), c = 684.5(3) pm, wR2 = 0.0232, 930 F2 values, 35 variables. SrAu2.83Al2.17 (a = 1065.0(2), b = 845.0(2), c = 548.1(1) pm, wR2 = 0.0416, 452 F2 values, 22 variables) and BaAu2.89Al2.11 (a = 1096.1(3), b = 835.7(3), c = 554.0(1) pm, wR2 = 0.0280, 501 F2 values, 22 variables) both adopt the BaZn5 type, space group Cmcm with Au/Al mixing on the 4c site. The gold and aluminum atoms in both types form three-dimensional networks of condensed tetrahedra with the strontium and barium atoms in large cavities. BaAu7.09Al5.91 is a new member of the NaZn13 type: Fm3̅c, a = 1257.6(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0267, 168 F2 values, 12 variables. Both the 96i and 8b sites show Au/Al mixing. The crystal chemical details are discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Olaf Reckeweg ◽  
Francis J. DiSalvo

Single crystals of Sr2H3I andBa5H2I3.9(2)O2 were obtained by reacting Sr or Ba, respectively, with dried and sublimed NH4I in a 4 : 1 molar ratio in silica-jacketed Nb ampoules for 13 h at 1200 K. The crystal structures of the new compounds have been determined by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Sr2H3I crystallizes in a stuffed anti-CdI2 structure isotypic to Ba2H3Cl in the space group P3m1 (no. 164) with the lattice parameters a = 426.0(1) and c = 774.9(2) pm, while Ba5H2I3.9(2)O2 crystallizes in a new structure type in the space group Cmcm (no. 63) with the lattice parameters a = 1721.0(2), b = 1452.5(2) and c = 639.03(9) pm. The structural results for Sr2H3I are corroborated by EUTAX calculations. For the disordered compound Ba5H2I3.9(2)O2, EUTAX calculations on an approximated, ordered structural model were used to find possible insights into the disorder


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Reckeweg ◽  
Armin Schulz ◽  
Francis J. DiSalvo

Single crystals of Eu5(BO3)3Cl were obtained by serendipity by reacting Eu2O3 and Mg with B2O3 at 1300 K in the presence of an NaCl melt for 13 h in silica-jacketed Nb ampoules. Ba5(BO3)3X (X = Cl, Br) crystals were formed by direct synthesis from appropriate amounts of Ba(OH)2, H3BO3 and the respective barium halide (hydrate) in alumina crucibles kept in the open atmosphere at 1300 K for 13 h. The crystal structures of the title compounds were determined with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All compounds crystallize isotypically to Sr5(BO3)3Cl in the orthorhombic space group C2221 (no. 20, Z = 4) with the lattice parameters a = 1000.34(7), b = 1419.00(9), c = 739.48(5) pm for Eu5(BO3)3Cl, a = 1045.49(5), b = 1487.89(8), c = 787.01(4) pm for Ba5(BO3)3Cl, and a = 1048.76(7), b = 1481.13(9) and c = 801.22(5) pm for Ba5(BO3)3Br. The Raman spectra of all compounds were acquired and are presented and compared to literature data. The incremental volume of the orthoborate (BO3)3− anion has been determined and is compared to the Biltz volume


1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 806-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Pöttgen

Abstract EuPdSn and EuPtSn were prepared from the elements in tantalum tubes at 1070 K and investigated by X-ray diffraction on both powder as well as single crystals. They crystallize with the TiNiSi type structure of space group Pnma and with Z = 4 formula units per cell. Both structures were refined from single-crystal diffractometer data: a = 751.24(9), b = 469.15(6), c = 804.31(9) pm, V = 0.2835(1) nm3 for EuPdSn, and a = 753.38(7), b = 467.72(4), c = 793.08(7) pm, V = 0.2795(1) nnr for EuPtSn. The structures consist of three-dimensional [PdSn] and [PtSn] polyanionic networks in which the europium atoms are embedded. The crystal chemistry of these stannides is briefly discussed


1977 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 609-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-R. Freund ◽  
Hk. Müller-Buschbaum

Single crystals of the compound Ho2Cu2O5 were obtained by melting the oxide mixture (2 CuO : 1 Ho2O3), using KF as a flux. The crystal structure was investigated by single crystal X-ray data (Space group C2v9-P 21 nb, lattice constants: a = 1247.8, b = 1081.3, c = 349.5 pm).


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 1087-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Reckeweg ◽  
Francis J. DiSalvo

Colorless and transparent single crystals of Ba2H3I were obtained by reacting Ba with dried and sublimed NH4I in a 4 : 1 molar ratio in silica-jacketed Nb ampoules at 1100 K for 13 h. The crystal structure of the title compound was determined and refined by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Ba2H3I crystallizes in a stuffed anti-CdI2 structure isotypic to Sr2H3I in the space group P3̄m1 (no. 164) with the lattice parameters a = 451.86(12) and c = 811.84(23) pm. The structural results for Ba2H3I are consistent with bond lengths and coordination geometries of related binary and ternary hydrides


1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ll. Tamarit ◽  
N. B. Chanh ◽  
P. Négrier ◽  
D. O. López ◽  
M. Barrio ◽  
...  

By means of X-ray single crystal Weissenberg photographs, the crystal of the low-temperature solid form of 2-methyl-2-nitro-propanol, (CH3)2C(NO2)(CH2OH), has been determined and found to be of the monoclinic type, space group P21/c. The cell constants were refined from X-ray powder diffraction data: a=6.195(3) Å, b=19.116(7) Å, c=16.598(7) Å, and β = 90.12(2)° with Z = 12. The indexed pattern at 293 K is given.


1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Rettich ◽  
Hk. Müller-Buschbaum

Abstract Single crystals of NaCa3 Mn(V2O7)(V3O10) have been prepared by crystallization from flux in argon atmosphere. X-Ray single crystal methods led to triclinic symmetry, space group C1i - P 1̄, a = 6.8798(9), b = 6.902(1), c = 15.480(2) Å, α = 87.39(1), β = 85.32(1), γ = 86.25(2) °, Z = 2. The compound belongs to the rare trivanadates showing V2O7 and V3O10 groups incorporated into a NaCaMn/O framework. One point position of the cations is occupied by Ca2+, three by Na+ and Ca2+ in a statistical distribution and a fourth one by Mn2+. The surrounding of Mn2+ and the statistically occupied position M(3) are octahedra, the other metal positions are centers of capped trigonal prisms.


1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Eisenmann ◽  
Achim Hofmann ◽  
Roland Zagler

Abstract Single crystals of the ternary com pounds Na5InTe4 and Na5In2Te6 have been grown from the melt und have been investigated by X-ray single crystal techniques.Na5InTe4: orthorhombic, space group Pbcn; Z = 8; a = 742.7(4) pm, b = 2015.4(8) pm, c = 1773.3(6) pm; Na5In:Te6: orthorhombic, space group Cmc21; Z = 8; a = 902.1(4) pm, b = 1536.1(5) pm , c = 2356.5(6) pm.The crystal structure of Na5InTe4 contains isolated InTe4 tetrahedra (mean bond length: 278.8 pm). In the crystal structure of Na5In2Te6 InTe4 tetrahedra are connected through common vertices to "Zweiereinfach"-chains. Two neighbouring chains each are joined further to ribbons through Te -Te bridges between every second InTe4 tetrahedron.


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