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Ordered and disordered homologues of orthorhombic Mo[sub 4]O[sub 11] in the Mo-W-O system

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States)

Homologues of the orthorhombic form of Mo[sub 4]O[sub 11], belonging to the series M[sub m+2]O[sub 3m+4], have been prepared in the Mo-W-O system and structurally characterized by X-ray powder diffraction and electron microscopy. The structures are built up of corner-sharing MO[sub 6] octahedra in ReO[sub 3]-type slabs of characteristic width m and alternatingly mirrored orientation, connected by MO[sub 4] tetrahedra along planes where pentagonal tunnels are formed. The structures can be designated by [m, [bar m]]. The phases (Mo, W)[sub 4]O[sub 11], (=[6, [bar 6]]), and (Mo, W)[sub 9]O[sub 25] (=[7,[bar 7]]) were obtained almost pure and slabs of other widths, intergrown in more or less disordered fashion, were frequently observed by HREM. Slabs in parallel orientation, as in Mo[sub 4]O[sub 11](mon), have also been seen, as well as a coherent boundary across which the structure [6, [bar 6]] changes into [approximately] [5, [bar 7]].

OSTI ID:
7073215
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 111:1; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English