Syntheses, Structures, and Magnetic Properties of Np3S5 and Np3Se5

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Inorganic Chemistry

OSTI ID:1055148

Jin, Geng Bang ^[1]; Skanthakumar, S ^[2]; Soderholm, L ^[2]; Ibers, James A. ^[1]

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1. Northwestern University, Evanston
2. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Black prisms of Np3Q5 (Q = S, Se) have been synthesized by the stoichiometric reactions between Np and Q at 1173 K in a CsCl flux. The structures of these compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The Np3Q5 compounds are isostructural with U3Q5. The structure of Np3Q5 is constructed from layers of Np(1)Q8 distorted bicapped trigonal prisms that share faces with each other on bc planes. Each Np(1)Q8 layer further shares Q(2) edges with two adjacent identical neighbors to form a three-dimensional framework. The space inside each channel within this framework is filled by one single edge-sharing Np(2)Q7 distorted 7-octahedron chain running along the b axis. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show that Np3S5 and Np3Se5 have antiferromagnetic orderings at 35(1) and 36(1) K, respectively. Above the magnetic ordering temperatures, both Np3S5 and Np3Se5 behave as typical Curie-Weiss paramagnets. The effective moments obtained from the fit of the magnetic data to a modified Curie- Weiss law over the temperature range 70 to 300 K are 2.7(2) B (Np3S5) and 2.9(2) B (Np3Se5).

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1055148
• Journal Information: Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 50
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English