Crystal chemistry of new thorium nitrates and chromates
The structures and infrared spectra of six novel thorium compounds are reported. Th(NO{sub 3}){sub 2}(OH){sub 2}(H{sub 2}O){sub 2} (1) crystallizes in space group C2/c, a=14.050(1), b=8.992(7), c=5.954(5) Å, β=101.014(2)°. K{sub 2}Th(NO{sub 3}){sub 6} (2), P-3, a=13.606(1), c=6.641(6) Å. (C{sub 12}H{sub 28}N){sub 2}Th(NO{sub 3}){sub 6} (3), P21/c, a=14.643(4), b=15.772(5), c=22.316(5) Å, β=131.01(1)°. KTh(NO{sub 3}){sub 5}(H{sub 2}O){sub 2} (4), P21/c, a=10.070(8), b=12.731(9), c=13.231(8) Å, β=128.647(4)°. Th(CrO{sub 4}){sub 2}(H{sub 2}O){sub 2} (5), P21/n, a=12.731(1), b=9.469(8), c=12.972(1) Å, β=91.793(2)°. K{sub 2}Th{sub 3}(CrO{sub 4}){sub 7}(H{sub 2}O){sub 10} (6), Ama2, a=19.302(8), b=15.580(6), c=11.318(6) Å. The coordination polyhedra about Th in these structures are diverse. Th is coordinated by 9 O atoms in 5 and 6, seven of which are from monodentate (CrO{sub 4}) tetrahedra and two are (H{sub 2}O). The Th in compound 1 is coordinated by ten O atoms, four of which are O atoms of two bidentate (NO{sub 3}) triangles and six of which are (OH) and (H{sub 2}O). In compounds 2, 3 and 4 the Th is coordinate by 12 O atoms. In 2 and 3 there are six bidentate (NO{sub 3}) triangles, and in 4 ten of the O atoms are part of five bidentate (NO{sub 3}) triangles and the others are (H{sub 2}O) groups. The structural units of these compounds consist of a chain of thorium and nitrate polyhedra (1), isolated thorium hexanitrate clusters (2, 3), an isolated thorium pentanitrate dihydrate cluster (4), and a sheet (6) and framework (5) of thorium and chromate polyhedra. These structures illustrate the complexity inherent in the crystal chemistry of Th.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Materials Science of Actinides (MSA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001089
- OSTI ID:
- 1065046
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 183, Issue 7; Related Information: MSA partners with University of Notre Dame (lead); University of California, Davis; Florida State University; George Washington University; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon state University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Savannah River National Laboratory; ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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