Powder X-ray diffraction study of a new polymorph of Al2(WO4)3

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Mukherjee ◽  
V. Vijayakumar ◽  
B. K. Godwal ◽  
S. N. Achary ◽  
A. K. Tyagi

A new polymorph of Al2(WO4)3 is observed from in situ high pressure powder X-ray diffraction (ADXRD) measurements at 3.4 GPa. The ADXRD pattern at 3.4 GPa could be explained based on a monoclinic lattice (space group P21) with unit cell parameters: a=9.5884(24), b=12.5204(38), c=7.8463(33) Å, and β=91.98(2)°.

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Achary ◽  
G. D. Mukherjee ◽  
A. K. Tyagi ◽  
B. K. Godwal

A new polymorph of HfMo2O8 (β-form) is synthesized under high pressure and high temperature conditions. The powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data could be explained based on a monoclinic lattice (Space Group: C2/c No. 15) with the unit cell parameters as: a=11.415(3), b=7.906(2), c=7.438(2) Å and β=122.37(2)°, V=566.9(2) Å3. The detailed powder XRD data and analysis are reported herein.


Author(s):  
N. Zotov ◽  
K. Petrov

AbstractThe dependence of the unit-cell parameters of copper(II)-cobalt(II) hydroxide nitrate mixed crystals Cu


Author(s):  
Jeremiah P. Tidey ◽  
Henry L. S. Wong ◽  
Jonathan McMaster ◽  
Martin Schröder ◽  
Alexander J. Blake

The three reported phases of the mononuclear macrocyclic PdIIcomplex [PdCl2([9]aneS2O)] [(1); [9]aneS2O = 1-oxa-4,7-dithiacyclononane] were each studied up to pressures exceeding 9 GPa using high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The α- and γ-phases both exhibit smooth compression of the unit-cell parameters with third-order Birch–Murnaghan bulk moduli of 14.4 (8) and 7.6 (6) GPa, respectively. Between 6.81 and 6.87 GPa β-[PdCl2([9]aneS2O)] was found to undergo a reversible transition to a phase denoted as β′ and characterized by a tripling of the unit-cell volume. Across the phase transition, rearrangement of the conformation of the bound macrocycle at two of the resulting three unique sites gives rise to an extensively disordered structure.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. P. Vyshatko ◽  
V. V. Kharton ◽  
A. L. Shaula ◽  
F. M. B. Marques

The crystal structures of LaCo0.5Ni0.5O3−δ and LaCo0.5Fe0.5O3−δ solid solutions, studied by powder X-ray diffraction, were found to be rhombohedral perovskite. The unit cell parameters in the hexagonal setting are a=5.491(6) Å and c=13.231(3) Å for LaCo0.5Fe0.5O3−δ, and a=5.464(4) Å and c=13.125(3) Å for LaCo0.5Ni0.5O3−δ. The space group is R3c (No. 167).


Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mashrur Zaman ◽  
Sytle M. Antao

This study investigates the crystal chemistry of monazite (APO4, where A = Lanthanides = Ln, as well as Y, Th, U, Ca, and Pb) based on four samples from different localities using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and electron-probe microanalysis. The crystal structure of all four samples are well refined, as indicated by their refinement statistics. Relatively large unit-cell parameters (a = 6.7640(5), b = 6.9850(4), c = 6.4500(3) Å, β = 103.584(2)°, and V = 296.22(3) Å3) are obtained for a detrital monazite-Ce from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Sm-rich monazite from Gunnison County, Colorado, USA, has smaller unit-cell parameters (a = 6.7010(4), b = 6.9080(4), c = 6.4300(4) Å, β = 103.817(3)°, and V = 289.04(3) Å3). The a, b, and c unit-cell parameters vary linearly with the unit-cell volume, V. The change in the a parameter is large (0.2 Å) and is related to the type of cations occupying the A site. The average <A-O> distances vary linearly with V, whereas the average <P-O> distances are nearly constant because the PO4 group is a rigid tetrahedron.


2012 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 963-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. O. Lepore ◽  
T. Boffa Ballaran ◽  
F. Nestola ◽  
L. Bindi ◽  
D. Pasqual ◽  
...  

AbstractAmbient temperature X-ray diffraction data were collected at different pressures from two crystals of β-As4S4, which were made by heating realgar under vacuum at 295ºC for 24 h. These data were used to calculate the unit-cell parameters at pressures up to 6.86 GPa. Above 2.86 GPa, it was only possible to make an approximate measurement of the unit-cell parameters. As expected for a crystal structure that contains molecular units held together by weak van der Waals interactions, β-As4S4 has an exceptionally high compressibility. The compressibility data were fitted to a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state with a resulting volume V0 = 808.2(2) Å3, bulk modulus K0 = 10.9(2) GPa and K' = 8.9(3). These values are extremely close to those reported for the low-temperature polymorph of As4S4, realgar, which contains the same As4S4 cage-molecule. Structural analysis showed that the unit-cell contraction is due mainly to the reduction in intermolecular distances, which causes a substantial reduction in the unit-cell volume (∼21% at 6.86 GPa). The cage-like As4S4 molecules are only slightly affected. No phase transitions occur in the pressure range investigated.Micro-Raman spectra, collected across the entire pressure range, show that the peaks associated with As–As stretching have the greatest pressure dependence; the S–As–S bending frequency and the As–S stretching have a much weaker dependence or no variation at all as the pressure increases; this is in excellent agreement with the structural data.


Author(s):  
Fang Lu ◽  
Bei Zhang ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Ying Song ◽  
Gangxing Guo ◽  
...  

Phytases are phosphatases that hydrolyze phytates to less phosphorylatedmyo-inositol derivatives and inorganic phosphate. β-Propeller phytases, which are very diverse phytases with improved thermostability that are active at neutral and alkaline pH and have absolute substrate specificity, are ideal substitutes for other commercial phytases. PhyH-DI, a β-propeller phytase fromBacillussp. HJB17, was found to act synergistically with other single-domain phytases and can increase their efficiency in the hydrolysis of phytate. Crystals of native and selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI were obtained using the vapour-diffusion method in a condition consisting of 0.2 Msodium chloride, 0.1 MTris pH 8.5, 25%(w/v) PEG 3350 at 289 K. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 3.00 and 2.70 Å resolution, respectively, at 100 K. Native PhyH-DI crystals belonged to space groupC121, with unit-cell parametersa = 156.84,b = 45.54,c = 97.64 Å, α = 90.00, β = 125.86, γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained two molecules of PhyH-DI, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.17 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 43.26%. Crystals of selenomethionine-substituted PhyH-DI belonged to space groupC2221, with unit-cell parametersa = 94.71,b= 97.03,c= 69.16 Å, α = β = γ = 90.00°. The asymmetric unit contained one molecule of the protein, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.44 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 49.64%. Initial phases for PhyH-DI were obtained from SeMet SAD data sets. These data will be useful for further studies of the structure–function relationship of PhyH-DI.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi ◽  
U. Dhawan

ZnGa2Te4 was found to crystallize in a defect tetrahedral structure with possible space group I4(82) with Z=2. Complete X-ray powder diffraction data were obtained and the unit cell parameters a and c and X-ray density were calculated. These were a=0.5930(1) nm, c=1.1859(3) nm, and Dx=5.7×103 kg/m3.


MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (56) ◽  
pp. 3323-3328
Author(s):  
Barys Korzun ◽  
Anatoly Pushkarev

ABSTRACTAlloys of the CuAlS2 – CuFeS2 system were prepared by thermobaric treatment at high pressure of 5.5 GPa and temperatures ranging from 573 to 1573 K and phase formation in the system was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy. The unit-cell parameters (the lattice constants and the unit-cell volume) were computed as a function of the composition. Absence of complete solubility in the (CuAlS2)1-x-(CuFeS2)x system was established. Formation of solid solutions with the tetragonal structure of chalcopyrite was detected for compositions with the molar part of CuFeS2 x not exceeding 0.10.


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