scholarly journals Potassic-Hastingsite from the Kedrovy District (East Siberia, Russia): Petrographic Description, Crystal Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Thermal Behavior

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1049
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Kaneva ◽  
Tatiana Radomskaya ◽  
Roman Shendrik ◽  
Victor Chubarov ◽  
Victoria Danilovsky

In this work we report on a petrographic, crystal-chemical, and optical characterization, obtained from different analytical methods, of amphibole species. Potassic-hastingsite, ideally AKBCa2C(Fe2+4Fe3+)T(Si6Al2)O22W(OH)2, has been found in the Kedrovy district (East Siberia, Russia). The sample occurs as well-formed and large radially radiant aggregates of dark green, almost black crystals. The unit cell dimensions are a = 9.9724(3) Å, b = 18.2968(4) Å, c = 5.3573(1) Å, β = 104.945(3)°, V = 944.44(4) Å3, Z = 2. Site populations were determined by combining single-crystal structure refinement and electron probe microanalysis, and Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio was obtained from X-ray fluorescence analysis. Infrared, diffuse light UV/Vis/NIR absorption, and electron spin resonance spectra are presented and discussed. A thermoelastic behavior of a powder of potassic-hastingsite was studied by in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction. A thermal expansion and subsequent significant contraction in the unit cell volume during a high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction experiment is observed as a consequence of the deprotonation process, which is locally balanced via oxidation of Fe2+. According to the data obtained for potassic-hastingsite, these processes occur within 400–600 °C. The thermal expansion of the mineral is anisotropic; the thermal expansivity coefficients αa: αb: αc (×10−6) = −18.06 : 9.59 : −1.09 at 400 °C, −26.15 : −1.52 : 2.22 at 600 °C and 23.77 : −25.06 : 42.08 at 750 °C.

Author(s):  
L. W. Labaw

Crystals of a human γGl immunoglobulin have the external morphology of diamond shaped prisms. X-ray studies have shown them to be monoclinic, space group C2, with 2 molecules per unit cell. The unit cell dimensions are a = 194.1, b = 91.7, c = 51.6Å, 8 = 102°. The relatively large molecular weight of 151,000 and these unit cell dimensions made this a promising crystal to study in the EM.Crystals similar to those used in the x-ray studies were fixed at 5°C for three weeks in a solution of mother liquor containing 5 x 10-5M sodium phosphate, pH 7.0, and 0.03% glutaraldehyde. They were postfixed with 1% osmium tetroxide for 15 min. and embedded in Maraglas the usual way. Sections were cut perpendicular to the three crystallographic axes. Such a section cut with its plane perpendicular to the z direction is shown in Fig. 1.This projection of the crystal in the z direction shows periodicities in at least four different directions but these are only seen clearly by sighting obliquely along the micrograph.


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Sohr ◽  
Nina Ciaghi ◽  
Klaus Wurst ◽  
Hubert Huppertz

AbstractSingle crystals of the hydrous cadmium borate Cd6B22O39·H2O were obtained through a high-pressure/high-temperature experiment at 4.7 GPa and 1000 °C using a Walker-type multianvil apparatus. CdO and partially hydrolyzed B2O3 were used as starting materials. A single crystal X-ray diffraction study has revealed that the structure of Cd6B22O39·H2O is similar to that of the type M6B22O39·H2O (M=Fe, Co). Layers of corner-sharing BO4 groups are interconnected by BO3 groups to form channels containing the metal cations, which are six- and eight-fold coordinated by oxygen atoms. The compound crystallizes in the space group Pnma (no. 62) [R1=0.0379, wR2=0.0552 (all data)] with the unit cell dimensions a=1837.79(5), b=777.92(2), c=819.08(3) pm, and V=1171.00(6) Å3. The IR and Raman spectra reflect the structural characteristics of Cd6B22O39·H2O.


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-304
Author(s):  
Héctor Novoa de Armas ◽  
Rolando González Hernández ◽  
José Antonio Henao Martínez ◽  
Ramón Poméz Hernández

p-nitrophenol, C6H5NO3, and disophenol, C6H3I2NO3, have been investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction. The unit cell dimensions were determined from diffractometer methods, using monochromatic CuKα1 radiation, and evaluated by indexing programs. The monoclinic cell found for p-nitrophenol was a=6.159(2) Å, b=8.890(2) Å, c=11.770(2) Å, β=103.04(2)°, Z=4, space group P21 or P2l/m, Dx=1.469 Mg/m3. The monoclinic cell found for disophenol has the dimensions a=8.886(1) Å, b=14.088(2) Å, c=8.521(1) Å, β=91.11(1)°, Z=4, space group P2, P2, Pm or P2/m, Dx=2.438 Mg/m3.


1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-541
Author(s):  
Palangpon Kongsaeree ◽  
Jun Liang ◽  
Roy A. Jensen ◽  
Jon Clardy

The title protein has been crystallized in a new crystal form. The crystals belong to the cubic space group P4132 (or P4332) with unit-cell dimensions a = b = c = 126.1 Å at 100 K and typically diffract beyond 1.6 Å at the Cornell High Energy Synchotron Source (CHESS) A1 beamline.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1175-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Walenta

A new compound having the same composition as zircon, ZrSiO4, but differing from it in its structure has been obtained by heating zircon particles to a temperature of 5000 to 10000°K. According to X-ray powder diffraction data the structure and within limits of error also the unit-cell dimensions are identical with that of monoclinic baddeleyite, ZrO2. This suggests that the baddeleyite lattice can not only accommodate 10 molecular % SiO2 as is already known for some time, but substantially more, unless it is assumed that some kind of submicroscopic exsolution of amorphous SiO2 has taken place.


2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1038-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hammond ◽  
Klimentina Pencheva ◽  
Kevin J. Roberts ◽  
Patricia Mougin ◽  
Derek Wilkinson

Variable-temperature high-resolution capillary-mode powder X-ray diffraction is used to assess changes in unit-cell dimensions as a function of temperature over the range 188–328 K. No evidence was found for any polymorphic transformations over this temperature range and thermal expansion coefficients for urea were found to be αa= (5.27 ± 0.26) × 10−5 K−1and αc= (1.14 ± 0.057) × 10−5 K−1.


Detailed interpretations of the X -ray diffraction patterns of fibres and sheets of 66 and 6.10 polyamides (polyhexam ethylene adipamide and sebacamide respectively) are proposed. The crystal structures of the two substances are completely analogous. Fibres of these two polyam ides usually contain two different crystalline forms, α and β, which are different packings of geometrically similar molecules; most fibres consist chiefly of the α form. In the case of the 66 polymer, fibres have been obtained in which there is no detectable proportion of the β form. Unit cell dimensions and the indices of reflexions for the α form were determined by trial, using normal fibre photographs, and were checked by using doubly oriented sheets set at different angles to the X -ray beam. The unit cell of the a form is triclinic, with a — 4·9 A, b = 5·4 A, c (fibre axis) = 17·2A, α = 48 1/2º, β = 77º, γ = 63 1/2º for the 66 polymer; a = 4·95A, b = 5·4A, c (fibre axes) = 22·4A, α = 49º, β = 76 1/2º, γ = 63 1/2º for the 6.10 polymer. One chain molecule passes through the cell in both cases. Atomic coordinates in occrystals were determined by interpretation of the relative intensities of the reflexions. The chains are planar or very nearly so; the oxygen atoms appear to lie a little off the plane of the chain. The molecules are linked by hydrogen bonds between C = 0 and NH groups, to form sheets. A simple packing of these sheets of molecules gives the α arrangement.


2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 868-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Kutuniva ◽  
Raija Oilunkaniemi ◽  
Risto S. Laitinen ◽  
Janne Asikkala ◽  
Johanna Kärkkäinen ◽  
...  

1-Butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bromide {(bdmim)Br} (1) and iodide {(bdmim)I} (2) were prepared conveniently by the reaction of 1,2-dimethylimidazole and the corresponding 1-halobutane. The compounds were characterized by 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectroscopy as well as by X-ray single crystal crystallography. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, space group P21/n, with Z = 4, and unit cell dimensions a = 8.588(2), b = 11.789(1), c = 10.737(2) Å, β = 91.62(3)°. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, space group P21/c, with Z = 8, and unit cell dimensions a = 10.821(2), b = 14.221(3), c = 15.079(2) Å , β = 90.01(3)°. The lattices of the salts are built up of 1-butyl-2,3- dimethylimidazolium cations and halide anions. The cations of 1 form a double layer with the imidazolium rings stacked together due to π interactions. The Br− anions lie approximately in the plane of the imidazolium ring, and the closest interionic Br···H contacts span a range of 2.733(1) - 2.903(1) Å. Compound 2 shows no π stacking interactions. The closest interionic I···H contacts are 2.914(1) - 3.196(1) Å


1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-168
Author(s):  
J.M. Amigó ◽  
L.E. Ochando ◽  
M.M. Reventós ◽  
J. García-Lozano ◽  
L. Soto-Tuero

AbstractMetal mepirizole perchlorates, M(C11H14N4O2)3 (C104)2 where M = Co(II) and Ni(II) have been investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction. Unit cell dimensions were determined by indexing programs from diffractometer data. Refined cell parameters (monoclinic with a C-centered cell), calculated density and Z values are presented.


1929 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-300
Author(s):  
George L. Clark

Abstract It may be readily admitted that x-ray studies of the problem of polymerization are only in their beginning. Some complexities—as, for example, small unit cell dimensions— have been added, but in general a real contribution has already been made as a basis for further advances, which will come as knowledge of interpretation increases and as experimental technic improves.


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