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AUTHOR
Michel Jannin
Alkaline cavities and tetrahedra in and solid solutions
Seven different crystals were grown with 0 < x < 2 while seven different crystals were grown with , the limit value x = 1 corresponding to the clearly defined compound. A crystallographic study of these solid solutions was performed by comparison with the pure crystal. Structures were solved in the Pnma space group for the rubidium solid solutions and in the space group for the potassium ones. It was shown that the distribution of Cs and Rb, or Cs and K, among the two cationic sites called and was not random: Rb and K exhibit a higher affinity for the smallest cavity, the site. While the phase transition of and can be interpreted as rotations of the rigid tetrahedra mainly around the a dire…
Crystallographic study of a family of Cs2BX4compounds
Abstract Five compounds of the Cs2BX4 family with B = Zn, Co, Cu and X = Cl, Br were grown and studied. They belong to Pnma space group with 4 formula units per cell. From the full determination of the structure it appears that the ZnX4 tetrahedra are almost regular while the CuX4 tetrahedra are strongly distorted. This seems to be due to a strong Jahn-Teller effect induced by the Cu ions. This remark is extended to other compounds of the general family A2BX4.
An improved goniometer head for high-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction
A reliable and inexpensive goniometer head has been designed. Its stability, resulting from its compact construction, makes it very suitable for accurate measurements. Moreover, its space-saving design facilitates its application in X-ray data collection using charge-coupled device (CCD) detectors. This head has been improved for high-temperature measurements and has been tested by comparison of accurate K0.88Rb0.12TiOPO4data collected both at room temperature and at 973 K on the same crystal. The excellent structure results obtained at 973 K during the 360 h of measurements prove the stability of the goniometer head.