Rietveld Structure Refinement of the Apophyllite Crystals from Deccan Basalt Plateau Using X-ray Powder Diffraction Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (12) ◽  
pp. 4248-4254
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Deccan Basalt ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Basalt Plateau

The crystal structure of a rare sample of natroapophyllite from Pune district (western India) located in the Deccan Basalt Plateau has been refined using X-Ray powder diffraction data and the Rietveld method. The Rietveld refinement was carried out using the computer program Diffracplus TOPAS 4.1. The pseudo-Voigt (pV) profile function was used for the fit of the peaks. The Rietveld refinement of the analyzed sample in space group Pnnm (No.58): a=8.94771 Å, b=8.98013 Å, c=15.78878 Å, Z=2, confirm the basic natroapophyllite structure. The chemical composition of the apophyllite crystals from Pune region (India) was determined by EDX analysis. The paper presents a new set of the unit cell parameters and fractional coordinates that define the natroapophyllite crystal structure. The quality of the sample analyzed was pristine, the sample being collected from an association of apophyllite-stilbite crystals of centimetric dimensions. Keywords: natroapophyllite, crystal structure, X-rays diffraction, EDX, Rietveld method

Rietveld refinement of the crystal structure of α-CoSO4

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Burns ◽  
Frank C. Hawthorne
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Orthorhombic Space Group ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray

The crystal structure of α-CoSO4 has been refined by the Rietveld method from X-ray powder diffraction data. The structure is orthorhombic, space group Pnma, a = 8.6127(4), b = 6.7058(3), c = 4.7399(2) Å, V = 273.75(3) Å3. Final RB = 2.41%, RP = 5.24%, RWP=6.66%, RWP (expected) =5.74% (WP =weighted profile). The structure consists of edge-sharing octahedral chains parallel to [010] interconnected by SO4 tetrahedra.

Crystal Structure of the New Compound TbCo0.67Ga1.33

2015 ◽  
Vol 1089 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Liu Qing Liang ◽  
Wen Jun Shen ◽  
Ling Min Zeng ◽  
Cai Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Ternary Compound ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Structure Type ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray

A new ternary compound TbCo0.67Ga1.33 was discovered and studied by means of X-ray powder diffraction technique. The crystal structure of the new compound was refined by using Rietveld method from X-ray powder diffraction data. This compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic with the CeCu2 structure type( space group Imma, a = 0.43384(6) nm, b = 0.70193(1) nm, c = 0.75617(1) nm, Z = 4, and Dcalc = 8.512 g/cm3 ). The Rietveld refinement results were Rp = 0.0996, Rwp = 0.1277.

Crystallographic study of ternary ordered skutterudite IrGe1.5Se1.5

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Laufek ◽  
J. Návrátil
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Crystallographic Data ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Crystallographic Study ◽  
Related Phase ◽  
The Ideal

The crystal structure of skutterudite-related phase IrGe1.5Se1.5 has been refined by the Rietveld method from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data. Refined crystallographic data for IrGe1.5Se1.5 are a=12.0890(2) Å, c=14.8796(3) Å, V=1883.23(6) Å3, space group R3 (No. 148), Z=24, and Dc=8.87 g/cm3. Its crystal structure can be derived from the ideal skutterudite structure (CoAs3), where Se and Ge atoms are ordered in layers perpendicular to the [111] direction of the original skutterudite cell. Weak distortions of the anion and cation sublattices were also observed.

Rietveld Refinement of the BaTiO3 from X-Ray Powder Diffraction

2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 593-596
Author(s):  
Feng Sun ◽  
Yan Sheng Yin
Keyword(s):  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Ferroelectric Ceramic ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Ceramic Powders ◽  
Space Group ◽  
X Ray

The ferroelectric ceramic BaTiO3 was synthesized at 1000 °C for 5 h. The structure of the system under study was refined on the basis of X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method. The system crystallizes in the space group P4mm（99）. The refinement of instrumental and structural parameters led to reliable values for the Rp, Rwp and Rexp.We use the TOPAS software of Bruker AXS to refine this ceramic powders and show its conformation

Powder diffraction data of two tricydic diazonia diiodide salts used in silver iodide solid electrolytes

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
J. Estienne ◽  
O. Cerclier ◽  
J. J. Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Silver Iodide ◽  
Solid Electrolytes ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Organic Salts ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Structure Determinations

Indexed X-ray powder diffraction data are reported for two organic salts with carbon rings having two quaternary nitrogens: diazonia-6,9 dispiro [5.2.5.2] hexadecane and diazonia-6,9 dispiro [5.2.5.3] heptadecane diiodides. For these compounds, which give solid electrolytes when associated with AgI, powder diffraction diagrams calculated by the Rietveld method from single crystal structure determinations are presented and are compared to the experimental diffraction data.

Cristobalite-Related Phases in the NaAlO2–NaAlSiO4 System. II. A Commensurately Modulated Cubic Structure

1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Withers ◽  
J. G. Thompson ◽  
A. Melnitchenko ◽  
S. R. Palethorpe
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Tetrahedral Framework ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Sodium Aluminosilicate ◽  
Vacancy Ordering ◽  
Cubic Structure

The crystal structure of a new cubic cristobalite-related sodium aluminosilicate Na1.45Al1.45Si0.55O4 [P213, a = 14.553 (1) Å] has been modelled using a modulation wave approach and the model tested against X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method. Owing to there being 64 independent positional parameters and eight independent Na sites, refinement of the tetrahedral framework atom positions and Na occupancies was not possible. The framework was modelled successfully in terms of q 1 = 1\over 4〈020〉_p^*-type (p = parent) modulation waves with the requirement that the MO4 (M = Al0.725Si0.275) tetrahedra be as close to regular as possible. Na/vacancy ordering was modelled successfully in terms of q 2 = 1\over 4〈220〉_p^* modulation waves. Only the Na-atom positions were refined. The significance of this unique modulated cubic cristobalite-related structure and the possible insight it provides to understanding β-cristobalite are discussed.

scholarly journals Synthesis and crystal structure of the quaternary semiconductor Cu2NiGeS4, a new stannite-type compound

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (4 Jul-Aug) ◽  
pp. 355 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Delgado ◽  
And V. Sagredo
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Unit Cell Parameters ◽  
Quaternary Compound ◽  
Synthesis And Crystal Structure ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cell Parameters

The crystal structure of the quaternary compound Cu2NiGeS4, belonging to the system I2-II-IV-VI4, was characterized by Rietveld refinement using X-ray powder diffraction data. This material crystallize with a stannite structure in the tetragonal space group I2m (Nº 121), Z = 2, unit cell parameters a = 5.3384(1) Å, c = 10.5732(3) Å, V = 301.32(3) Å3, acknowledged as a normal valence adamantane-structure.

Crystal structure determination of lithium diborate hydrate, LiB2O3(OH).H2O, from X-ray powder diffraction data collected with a curved position-sensitive detector

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Louër ◽  
M. Louër ◽  
M. Touboul
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Position Sensitive Detector ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Sensitive Detector ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
Position Sensitive

The crystal structure of lithium diborate hydrate, LiB2O3(OH).H2O, has been solved ab initio and refined by the Rietveld method from powder diffraction data collected with a curved position-sensitive detector (INEL CPS120) using Debye–Scherrer diffraction geometry with monochromatic X-rays. In the first stage the indexing of the powder pattern was performed by the successive dichotomy method from data collected with a diffractometer using Bragg–Brentano geometry. The lattice parameters are a = 9.7984 (10), b = 8.2759 (7) and c = 9.6138 (8) Å and the space group is Pnna. The structural model was obtained from direct methods and two difference Fourier maps. The Rietveld refinement converged to final crystal structure and profile indicators RF = 0.05, RB = 0.05, Rp = 0.03 and Rwp = 0.04. The structure consists of BO4 tetrahedra (T) and BO2(OH) triangles (Δ) sharing corners in order to form infinite chains along [010], with the shorthand notation 3:∞1(Δ + 2T). The particular linkage of the B3O3 rings leads to a new diborate anion {[B2O3(OH)] n− n }, in which two tetrahedral B atoms have an occupation factor of 0.5. Li atoms, tetrahedrally surrounded by four O atoms, three belonging to separate chains and one to a water molecule maintain the cohesion of the structure.

Neutron Diffraction from Novel Materials

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Paolo G. Radaelli ◽  
James D. Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Neutron Diffraction ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Powder Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Neutron Powder Diffraction ◽  
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database ◽  
Powder Diffraction Data ◽  
New Materials ◽  
X Ray

The discovery and development of new materials is the foundation of the science and technology “food chains.” Examples of new materials with novel properties that have stimulated new scientific questions and/or led to new technologies include liquid crystals, advanced batteries, structural ceramics, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, catalysts, high-temperature superconductors, har dmagnets, and magnetoresistive devices. Establishing the crystal structure of a newly discovered Compound is a mandatory first step, but the most important contribution of diffraction techniques is to provide an understanding of the relationships among chemical composition, crystal structure, and physical behavior. In this way, diffraction experiments provide critical Information for testing theories that explain novel behavior and guide the optimization of new materials to meet the demands of emerging technologies.The first samples of newly discovered materials are often polycrystalline. With state-of-the-art neutron powder diffraction data and Rietveld refinement techniques, for structures of modest complexity, the precision for atom positions rivals that obtained by single-crystal diffraction. Rietveld refinement is a method of obtaining accurate values for atom positions and other structural parameters from powder diffraction data by least-squares fitting of a calculated model to the full diffraction pattern. As evidence of thi s success, the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database contains 6044 entries from neutron powder diffraction, 7096 from laboratory x-ray powder diffraction, an d 228 from Synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction. Other reasons for the rapidly growing impact of neutron diffraction include the favorable neutron-scattering cross sections for light elements, the sensitivity to magnetic moments, and the ability to penetrate special sample environments for in situ studies. These strengths are widely accepted and have been exploited for many years. Previous reviews have focused on these topics.

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