Syntheses and characterization of elpasolite-type ammonium alkali metal hexafluorometallates(III)
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
Crystal structures of three fluorides (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}NaFeF{sub 6}, (Fe), (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}NaGaF{sub 6}, (Ga), and (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}NaCrF{sub 6}, (Cr), as well as a substituted compound [(NH{sub 4}){sub 1-x}K{sub x}]{sub 2}KAlF{sub 6} (x{approx}0.17), (Al), have been refined using single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction techniques. All these four ammonium hexafluorides have a cubic elpasolite-type structure and crystallize in the space group Fm3-bar m with lattice constants a=8.483(3), 8.450 (3), 8.4472(2) and 8.724(3) A for compounds (Fe), (Ga), (Cr) and (Al), respectively. The effective ionic radius of the ammonium ion calculated from those compounds has a mean value of R=1.729 A for CN=12. An ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum of (NH{sub 4}){sub 2}NaCrF{sub 6}, measured at room temperature, gives a crystal field (Dq=1575 cm{sup -1}) and Racah parameters (B=758 cm{sup -1} and C=3374 cm{sup -1}). Abnormal anisotropic thermal parameters of fluorine atoms have been observed in the compound (Al), and interpreted to arise from four strong hydrogen bonds (F...H-N) that are distributed in a square form around each fluorine atom. - Graphical abstract: Abnormal anisotropic thermal parameters of fluorine atoms have been observed in the compound [(NH{sub 4}){sub 1-x}K{sub x}]{sub 2}KAlF{sub 6} (x{approx}0.17), and interpreted to arise from four strong hydrogen bonds (F...H-N) that are distributed in a square form around each fluorine atom. The endmembers' phase transitions at low temperature are believed to be caused by them.
- OSTI ID:
- 21128366
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 181, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2008.03.017; PII: S0022-4596(08)00159-X; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
CRYSTAL FIELD
CUBIC LATTICES
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE
HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LATTICE PARAMETERS
MONOCRYSTALS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
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