Structures and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Zinc Antimonides Pr6Zn1+xSb14+yandRE6Zn1+xSb14 (RE= Sm, Gd-Ho)
Yi Liu; Ling Chen; Long-Hua Li; Li-Ming Wu; Oksana Ya. Zelinska; Arthur Mar; Inorganic Chemistry 47 (2008) 11930–11941; doi:10.1021/ic800524d

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_publ_contact_author_address
; Department of Chemistry
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, AB
  Canada  T6G 2G2
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_publ_contact_author_email       arthur.mar@ualberta.ca
_publ_contact_author_fax         '(780) 492-8231'
_publ_contact_author_name        'Dr. Arthur Mar'
_publ_contact_author_phone       '(780) 492-5592'
_publ_section_title
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Structures and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Zinc Antimonides
Pr6Zn1+xSb14+yandRE6Zn1+xSb14 (RE= Sm, Gd-Ho)
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
_journal_page_first              11930
_journal_page_last               11941
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/ic800524d
_journal_volume                  47
_journal_year                    2008
_chemical_formula_structural     'Sm6 Zn1.52 Sb14'
_chemical_formula_sum            'Sb14 Sm6 Zn1.52'
_chemical_formula_weight         2705.96
_chemical_name_common            'samarium zinc antimonide (6/1/14)'
_chemical_name_systematic        'samarium zinc antimonide (6/1/14)'
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_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'I m m m'
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_cell_angle_beta                 90.00
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_cell_length_c                   18.832(6)
_cell_measurement_reflns_used    1753
_cell_measurement_temperature    293(2)
_cell_measurement_theta_max      27.47
_cell_measurement_theta_min      3.47
_cell_volume                     1184.9(7)
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_computing_data_collection       'CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC Inc., 2005)'
_computing_data_reduction        'CrystalClear (Rigaku/MSC Inc., 2005)'
_computing_structure_refinement  'SHELXL-97 (Sheldrick, 1997)'
_computing_structure_solution    'SHELXS-97 (Sheldrick, 1990)'
_diffrn_ambient_temperature      293(2)
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_full 0.995
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max 0.995
_diffrn_measurement_device_type  'Rigaku Mercury CCD'
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_exptl_absorpt_correction_T_min  0.4015
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_exptl_crystal_colour            black
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_refine_ls_extinction_coef       0.00093(6)
_refine_ls_extinction_expression Fc^*^=kFc[1+0.001xFc^2^\l^3^/sin(2\q)]^-1/4^
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_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details
'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0387P)^2^+90.9577P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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