Interatomic distances and atomic valences in NaZn_(13)
Abstract
The crystal structure of NaZn_(13) and of several homologous compounds AB_(13) was reported by Ketelaar and by Zintl & Hauke to be based on space group O_h^6-Fm3c, with 8 :Na in 8(a): ¼, ¼:, ¼; ... ; 8 Zn_I in 8(b): 0, 0, 0; .... ; and 96 Zn_(II) in 96(i): 0, y, z; ... . Approximate values were reported for the parameters a_0, y, and z; for NaZn_(13) Zintl & Hauke reported 12.27 Å, 0.178, and 0.122 for these three parameters. Each Zn_I is surrounded by twelve Zn_(II) at the vertices of a nearly regular icosahedron, and each Na by twenty-four Zn_(II) at the vertices of a snub cube. Our interest in the structure was largely concerned with the valences of the two different kinds of Zn atoms, it being presumptive that Zn_I has a larger valence than Zn_(II) because its icosahedral coordination requires it to be smaller than Zn_(II). Lines on new powder photographs of NaZn_(13) were measured and the intensities were estimated visually with as much precision as possible. Least-squares treatments were employed in order to obtain the best possible values for the three parameters; the values obtained are a_0 = 12.2836 ± 0.0003Å, y = 0.1806 ± 0.0003, and z = 0.1192 ± 0.0003. The uncertainties given are calculated standard deviations. Analysis of the interatomic distances yields a selfconsistent interpretation in which Zn_I is assumed to be quinquevalent and Zn_(II) quadrivalent, while Na may have a valence of unity or one as high as 1¼, the excess over unity being suggested by the interatomic distances and being, if real, presumably a consequence of electron transfer. A valence electron number of approximately 432 per unit cell is obtained, which is in good agreement with the value 428.48 predicted on the basis of a filled Brillouin polyhedron defined by the forms {444}, {640}, and {800}.
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© 1952 International Union of Crystallography. (Received 28 January 1952) Work done in part under Contract N6onr-24432 between the California Institute of Technology and the Office of Naval Research, and in part under a program of research on metals sponsored by the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation. We thank Mr Jack Inman for assistance in preparing the compounds, and Mrs Nan Arp and Miss Linda Pauling for assistance with the calculations.Attached Files
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- Interatomic distances and atomic valences in NaZn13
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