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Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb2O5 Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area
Published on: February 19, 2018
New refinement of Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 and its non-isotypy with Ni2Sn2Zn
Clemens Schmetterer1, Hans Flandorfer2, Herta Silvia Effenberger3
1Forschungszentrum Jlich, IEK-2, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
Abstract:
The noncentrosymmetric space group P43m but a pseudocentric cubic crystal structure were reported for the compound Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 [Larsson et al. (1994). Acta Cryst. C50, 9-12]. The recently described Ni2Sn2Zn shows a closely related structure, although it is centrosymmetric and contains additional voids which are partially occupied. Therefore, a new refinement of Ni5.20Sn8.7Zn4.16Cu1.04 based on the originally published structure factors was performed. The results indicate that the structure can indeed be described in the centrosymmetric space group Pm3m; no justification for the absence of the inversion centre could be found within the accuracy of the available data. In comparison with Ni2Sn2Zn, slight but significant differences were confirmed; consequently, the two structures are topologically related but not isotypic.
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