Structures and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Chromium Germanides RECrGe3(RE = La−Nd, Sm)
Bie, Haiying; Zelinska, Oksana Ya.; Tkachuk, Andriy V.; Mar, Arthur; Chemistry of Materials 19 (2007) 4613–; doi:10.1021/cm071276+

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_publ_section_title
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 Structures and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Chromium Germanides
 RECrGe3(RE = La&#x2212;Nd, Sm)
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_journal_issue                   18
_journal_name_full               'Chemistry of Materials'
_journal_page_first              4613
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/cm071276+
_journal_volume                  19
_journal_year                    2007
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_chemical_formula_sum            'Cr Ge3 Nd'
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_chemical_name_common            'neodymium chromium trigermanide'
_chemical_name_systematic        'neodymium chromium germanide (1/1/3)'
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_symmetry_space_group_name_Hall  '-P 6c 2c'
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_cell_angle_beta                 90.00
_cell_angle_gamma                120.00
_cell_formula_units_Z            2
_cell_length_a                   6.1264(4)
_cell_length_b                   6.1264(4)
_cell_length_c                   5.6914(4)
_cell_measurement_reflns_used    2406
_cell_measurement_temperature    295(2)
_cell_measurement_theta_max      26.34
_cell_measurement_theta_min      3.58
_cell_volume                     185.00(2)
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_diffrn_ambient_temperature      295(2)
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_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max 1.000
_diffrn_measurement_device_type  'Bruker Platform/SMART 1000 CCD'
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_refine_ls_extinction_coef       0.161(15)
_refine_ls_extinction_expression Fc^*^=kFc[1+0.001xFc^2^\l^3^/sin(2\q)]^-1/4^
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_refine_ls_shift/su_mean         0.003
_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details
'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0470P)^2^+2.1210P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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