Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
Crystal structures of the new ternary stannides La3Mg4-xSn2+x and LaMg3-xSn2 / P. Solokha, S. De Negri, R. Minetti, D.M. Proserpio, A. Saccone. - In: JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-4596. - 233(2016 Jan), pp. 407-414. [10.1016/j.jssc.2015.11.016]
Abstract:
Synthesis and structural characterization of the two new lanthanum-magnesium-stannides La3Mg4-xSn2+x (0.12≤x≤0.40) and LaMg3-xSn2 (0.33≤x≤0.78) are reported. The crystal structures of these intermetallics were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and confirmed by Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction patterns of the corresponding samples. The La3Mg4-xSn2+x phase crystallizes in the hexagonal Zr3Cu4Si2 structure type (P-62m, hP9, Z=3, x=0.12(1), a=7.7974(7), c=4.8384(4) Å), which represents an ordered derivative of the hP9-ZrNiAl prototype, ubiquitous among equiatomic intermetallics. The LaMg3-xSn2 phase is the second representative of the trigonal LaMg3-xGe2 type, which is a superstructure of the LaLi3Sb2 structure type (P-31c, hP34-0.12, Z=6, x=0.35(1), a=8.3222(9), c=14.9546(16) Å). The scheme describing the symmetry reduction/coloring with respect to the parent type is reported here with the purpose to discuss the LaMg3-xSn2 off-stoichiometry from the geometrical point of view. Structural relationships between the La-Mg-Sn ternary phases, including the already known equiatomic LaMgSn compound (oP12-TiNiSi), are presented in the framework of the AlB2-related compounds family and discussed with the aid of group-subgroup relations in the Bärnighausen formalism.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
AlB2-related structures; Crystal structure; Group-subgroup relation; Single-crystal X-ray diffraction; Stannides; Condensed Matter Physics; Inorganic Chemistry; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Ceramics and Composites; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Materials Chemistry2506 Metals and Alloys
Elenco autori:
P. Solokha, S. De Negri, R. Minetti, D.M. Proserpio, A. Saccone
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