Dehydration synthesis and crystal structure of terbium oxychloride, TbOCl
Terbium oxychloride, TbOCl, was synthesized via the simple heat-treatment of TbCl3·6H2O and its structure was determined by refinement against X-ray powder diffraction data. TbOCl crystallizes with the matlockite (PbFCl) structure in the tetragonal space group P4/nmm and is composed of alternating (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Union of Crystallography
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications |
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| Online Access: | http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989020004387 |
| Summary: | Terbium oxychloride, TbOCl, was synthesized via the simple heat-treatment of TbCl3·6H2O and its structure was determined by refinement against X-ray powder diffraction data. TbOCl crystallizes with the matlockite (PbFCl) structure in the tetragonal space group P4/nmm and is composed of alternating (001) layers of (TbO)n and n Cl−. The unit-cell parameters, unit-cell volume, and density were compared to the literature data of other isostructural rare-earth oxychlorides in the same space group and showed good agreement when compared to the calculated trendlines. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-9890 |