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     'Tb6 Zn1.41 Sb14'
_chemical_formula_sum            'Sb14 Tb6 Zn1.41'
_chemical_formula_weight         2750.52
_chemical_name_common            'terbium zinc antimonide (6/1/14)'
_chemical_name_systematic        'terbium zinc antimonide (6/1/14)'
_space_group_IT_number           71
_symmetry_cell_setting           orthorhombic
_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                   4.1426(2)
_cell_length_b                   14.8742(6)
_cell_length_c                   18.6617(8)
_cell_measurement_reflns_used    6807
_cell_measurement_temperature    295(2)
_cell_measurement_theta_max      33.04
_cell_measurement_theta_min      2.18
_cell_volume                     1149.89(9)
_computing_cell_refinement       'Bruker SAINT 7.06 (Bruker, 2004)'
_computing_data_collection       'Bruker SMART 5.054 (Bruker, 1999)'
_computing_data_reduction        'Bruker SAINT 7.06'
_computing_molecular_graphics    'ATOMS 5.1 (Dowty, 1999)'
_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 0.996
_diffrn_measured_fraction_theta_max 0.996
_diffrn_measurement_device_type  'Bruker Platform/SMART 1000 CCD'
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_exptl_crystal_description       prism
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_refine_ls_extinction_coef       0.00088(4)
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_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details
'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0169P)^2^+67.1898P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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