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Crystal structure determination of the oxynitride Sr[sub 2]TaO[sub 3]N

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. Univ. de Rennes 1 (France). Lab. Verres et Ceramiques
  2. CNRS, Meudon (France). Lab. de Physicochimie des Materiaux
  3. Centre de Recherches d'Aubervilliers (France)
  4. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot (United Kingdom). ISIS Science Div.

The crystal structure of the strontium tantalum oxynitride Sr[sub 2]TaO[sub 3]N has been resolved by Rietveld refinement using time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction data. The structure is of the K[sub 2]NiF[sub 4] type with a partially ordered anion sublattice (tetragonal, I4/mmm, a = 4.04127(3) [angstrom], c = 12.6073(2) [angstrom], c/a = 3.120, Z = 2). The tantalum atoms are at the center of TaO[sub 2](O, N)[sub 4] octahedra built up from two oxygen atoms at the apexes and four (N + O) atoms statistically forming the median plane. The strontium atoms have a coordination number of nine: SrO[sub 5](O, N)[sub 4]. The profile agreement factors are R[sub p] = 0.022, R[sub wp] = 0.016, R[sub exp] = 0.012, and R[sub 1] = 0.063.

OSTI ID:
6068631
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Vol. 146:2; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English