New refinement of Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 and its non-isotypy with Ni2Sn2Zn
- Author(s)
- Clemens Schmetterer, Hans Flandorfer, Herta Silvia Effenberger
- Abstract
The noncentrosymmetric space group Pinline image3m but a pseudocentric cubic crystal structure were reported for the compound Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 [Larsson et al. (1994). Acta Cryst. C50, 9-12]. The recently described Ni2Sn2Zn shows a closely related structure, although it is centrosymmetric and contains additional voids which are partially occupied. Therefore, a new refinement of Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 based on the originally published structure factors was performed. The results indicate that the structure can indeed be described in the centrosymmetric space group Pminline imagem; no justification for the absence of the inversion centre could be found within the accuracy of the available data. In comparison with Ni2Sn2Zn, slight but significant differences were confirmed; consequently, the two structures are topologically related but not isotypic.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis, Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- External organisation(s)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Journal
- Acta Crystallographica. Section C: Crystal Structure Communications
- Volume
- 70
- Pages
- 348-350
- No. of pages
- 3
- ISSN
- 0108-2701
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053229614003660
- Publication date
- 04-2014
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 104003 Inorganic chemistry, 104011 Materials chemistry, 105113 Crystallography
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/44ab160f-5f40-4c67-9fbb-89d114ca61dc