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     'Dy6 Zn1.38 Sb14'
_chemical_formula_sum            'Dy6 Sb14 Zn1.38'
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_chemical_name_systematic        'dysprosium zinc antimonide (6/1/14)'
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_symmetry_space_group_name_Hall  '-I 2 2'
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'I m m m'
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_cell_angle_beta                 90.00
_cell_angle_gamma                90.00
_cell_formula_units_Z            2
_cell_length_a                   4.1373(4)
_cell_length_b                   14.8016(13)
_cell_length_c                   18.6111(16)
_cell_measurement_reflns_used    3438
_cell_measurement_temperature    295(2)
_cell_measurement_theta_max      33.10
_cell_measurement_theta_min      2.19
_cell_volume                     1139.72(18)
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_computing_data_collection       'Bruker SMART 5.054 (Bruker, 1999)'
_computing_data_reduction        'Bruker SAINT 7.06'
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_computing_publication_material  'Bruker SHELXTL 6.12'
_computing_structure_refinement  'Bruker SHELXTL 6.12'
_computing_structure_solution    'Bruker SHELXTL 6.12'
_diffrn_ambient_temperature      295(2)
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_full 0.981
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max 0.981
_diffrn_measurement_device_type  'Bruker Platform/SMART 1000 CCD'
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_exptl_absorpt_correction_T_min  0.0256
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_exptl_crystal_description       rod
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_refine_diff_density_min         -7.780
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_refine_ls_extinction_coef       0.00167(8)
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_refine_ls_shift/su_mean         0.000
_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0403P)^2^+27.0135P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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