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Powder neutron diffraction of SrNbO2N at room temperature and 1.5 K
Stefan G Ebbinghaus1, Anke Weidenkaff, Anita Rachel
1Lehrstuhl für Festkörperchemie, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany. stefan.ebbinghaus@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Abstract:
The structure of strontium niobium dioxygen nitride, SrNbO2N, has been solved by powder neutron diffraction at room temperature and 1.5 K. SrNbO2N crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4/mcm, with a = 5.7056 (4) and c = 8.1002 (9) A at room temperature, and a = 5.6938 (4) and c = 8.0974 (8) A at 1.5 K. The crystal structure is derived from the cubic perovskite archetype by a slight rotation of the Nb(O,N)6 octahedra with respect to the tetragonal axis. A partially ordered distribution of oxygen and nitrogen on the anionic sites was found.
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