Published April 4, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Structural investigation of the CeRh2Sb2-x compound

  • 1. Dipartimento di Chimica GIAF, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 17/A, 43100 Parma (Italy)
  • 2. Departamento de Quimica, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear/CFMC-UL, Estrada Nacional 10, P-2686-953 Sacavem Codex (Portugal) and Research Center of Low Temperature Studies, L'viv National University, Drahomanova str. 50, 79005 L'viv (Ukraine)
  • 3. Department of Physics of Metals, Faculty of Physics, L'viv National University, Kyryla i Mefodiya str. 8, 79005 L'viv (Ukraine)
  • 4. Departamento de Quimica, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear/CFMC-UL, Estrada Nacional 10, P-2686-953 Sacavem Codex (Portugal)

Description

The crystal structure of the CeRh2Sb2-x compound was studied by powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction from as-cast and annealed at 770 K alloys. The compound crystallizes with a CeGa2Al2 structure type, space group I4/mmm: CeRh2Sb2-x (x = 0.34) (crystal I, as-cast alloy): a = 4.4925(11) A, c = 10.1778(26) A, V = 205.41(9) A3, ρ = 9.530 g cm-3, μ = 31.468 mm-1, R 1 = 0.0431, wR 2 = 0.1187 for 103 reflections with I > 2σ(I o); CeRh2Sb2-x (x = 0.405) (crystal II, as-cast alloy): a = 4.4781(9) A, c = 10.1652(20) A, V = 203.85(7) A3, ρ = 9.603 g cm-3, μ = 31.710 mm-1, R 1 = 0.0397, wR 2 = 0.0857 for 116 reflections with I > 2σ(I o); CeRh2Sb2-x (x = 0.24) (crystal III, annealed at 770 K sample): a = 4.5106(7) A, c = 10.2442(16) A, V = 208.42(6) A3, ρ = 9.392 g cm-3, μ = 31.014 mm-1, R 1 = 0.0494, wR 2 = 0.1069 for 122 reflections with I > 2σ(I o); Bruker SMART CCD, data corrected for absorption using SADABS, structure refinement-WinGX 1.70

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.05.033;
PII
S0925-8388(06)00546-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
431
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 85-88
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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