Incommensurately modulated lanthanide coinage-metal diarsenides. II. GdCuAs2, GdAu1-δAs2 and TbAu1-δAs2 - new distortion variants of the HfCuSi2 type with irregularly stacked zigzag chains of arsenic atoms

Authors:

Rutzinger, D.; Bartsch, C.; Doert, Th.; Ruck, M.

Journal:

Acta Crystallographica, Section B 65 527-534 (2009)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768109029565

B-IncStrDB ID: 1sLkn9AhIg6 Entry date: 2022-01-23 Last revision: 2022-01-24

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Chemical data


Common Name: Gadulinium copper arsenide [ Help ]

Formula moiety: As2 Cu1 Gd1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula Sum: As2 Cu1 Gd1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula: As2 Cu1 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula analytical: As2 Cu1 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula (IUPAC): As2 Cu1 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 370.6 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: P21/m(α0γ)00 [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 -x1,1/2+x2,-x3,-x4
3 -x1,-x2,-x3,-x4
4 x1,1/2-x2,x3,x4

a: 3.9041(8) Å [ Help ]

b: 3.9015(8) Å [ Help ]

c: 9.908(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90.05(3) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 150.92(5) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell determination reflection Nb.: 10083 [ Help ]

θ(min) for cell determination: 3.01 ° [ Help ]

θ(max) for cell determination: 33.53 ° [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 293.0(10) K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.04(1) 0.00000 0.48(1)

μ: 50.253 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: numerical [ Help ]

Absorption correction remarks: (Jana2000; Petricek, Dusek & Palatinus, 2000) [ Help ]

Minimum transmission factor: 0.128 [ Help ]

Maximum transmission factor: 0.460 [ Help ]

Refinement details


Total nb. of reflections: 2043 [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 751 [ Help ]

Intense reflections threshold: I>3σ(I) [ Help ]

Refinement based on: F [ Help ]

R(all): 0.1038 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0392 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0362 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0391 [ Help ]

S(all): 1.24 [ Help ]

Nb. of reflections: 2043 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 77 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Weighting scheme remarks: w=1/(σ2(F)+0.0001F2) [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0224 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0073 [ Help ]

Δρ(max): 1.64 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Δρ(min): -1.97 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Extinction method: B-C type 1 Gaussian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) [ Help ]

Extinction coefficient: 0.140(10) [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom symbol Atom site label x y z Uiso/equiv ADP type Coords from (d)iffraction or (c)alculated Coords restraints or constraints Occupancy Disordered cluster Disordered group
Gd Gd 0.2476(3) 0.25 0.76146(4) 0.01281(10) Uani d . 1 . .
Cu Cu 0.7439(13) 0.25 0.49985(18) 0.0166(3) Uani d . 1 . .
As As1 0.2543(7) 0.25 0.34179(8) 0.0134(2) Uani d . 1 . .
As As2 0.7398(11) 0.25 0.99949(15) 0.0173(3) Uani d . 1 . .

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23 Atom site symbol
Gd 0.00981(17) 0.01209(18) 0.01652(16) 0 0.0015(9) 0 Gd
Cu 0.0137(7) 0.0150(5) 0.0210(6) 0 -0.005(2) 0 Cu
As1 0.0095(3) 0.0115(3) 0.0192(4) 0 -0.0026(15) 0 As
As2 0.0154(6) 0.0192(5) 0.0173(4) 0 -0.0014(14) 0 As

Fourier Wave Vectors (explicit: q_x,q_y,q_z or coefficients: q_1,q_2,...): [ Help ]

Wave vector code q_x q_z
1 0.04 0.48

Definition of the displacive (translational) Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gdx1 Gd x 1
Gdy1 Gd y 1
Gdz1 Gd z 1
Cux1 Cu x 1
Cuy1 Cu y 1
Cuz1 Cu z 1
As1x1 As1 x 1
As1y1 As1 y 1
As1z1 As1 z 1
As2x1 As2 x 1
As2y1 As2 y 1
As2z1 As2 z 1

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gdx1 0.0075(2) -0.0073(2)
Gdy1 0 0
Gdz1 -0.0007(2) 0.0005(2)
Cux1 0.0004(5) -0.0139(6)
Cuy1 0 0
Cuz1 0.0014(6) 0.0021(5)
As1x1 -0.0054(3) -0.0098(3)
As1y1 0 0
As1z1 0.0008(4) 0.0010(5)
As2x1 0.0261(5) 0.0004(5)
As2y1 0 0
As2z1 -0.0039(5) -0.0010(4)

Definition of the ADP Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Tensor element Wave vector code
GdU111 Gd U11 1
GdU221 Gd U22 1
GdU331 Gd U33 1
GdU121 Gd U12 1
GdU131 Gd U13 1
GdU231 Gd U23 1
CuU111 Cu U11 1
CuU221 Cu U22 1
CuU331 Cu U33 1
CuU121 Cu U12 1
CuU131 Cu U13 1
CuU231 Cu U23 1
As1U111 As1 U11 1
As1U221 As1 U22 1
As1U331 As1 U33 1
As1U121 As1 U12 1
As1U131 As1 U13 1
As1U231 As1 U23 1
As2U111 As2 U11 1
As2U221 As2 U22 1
As2U331 As2 U33 1
As2U121 As2 U12 1
As2U131 As2 U13 1
As2U231 As2 U23 1

ADP Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
GdU111 0.0012(8) -0.0010(8)
GdU221 0.0017(11) -0.0020(10)
GdU331 0.0015(8) 0.0019(8)
GdU121 0 0
GdU131 0.0000(4) -0.0003(3)
GdU231 0 0
CuU111 0.0011(16) 0.003(3)
CuU221 0.000(2) -0.001(3)
CuU331 -0.0122(19) -0.004(2)
CuU121 0 0
CuU131 0.0027(10) -0.0021(9)
CuU231 0 0
As1U111 -0.0011(13) 0.0000(14)
As1U221 0.0012(19) 0.000(2)
As1U331 -0.0001(16) -0.0017(17)
As1U121 0 0
As1U131 -0.0013(6) -0.0016(6)
As1U231 0 0
As2U111 -0.0026(16) -0.0019(16)
As2U221 -0.006(2) 0.001(3)
As2U331 0.0002(17) -0.0027(18)
As2U121 0 0
As2U131 -0.0062(9) 0.0003(8)
As2U231 0 0

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Chemical data


Common Name: Gadolinium gold arsenide [ Help ]

Formula moiety: As2 Au0.973 Gd1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula Sum: As2 Au0.973 Gd1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula: As2 Au0.973 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula analytical: As2 Au0.973 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula (IUPAC): As2 Au0.973 Gd1 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 498.7 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: P21/m(α0γ)00 [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 -x1,1/2+x2,-x3,-x4
3 -x1,-x2,-x3,-x4
4 x1,1/2-x2,x3,x4

a: 3.9570(8) Å [ Help ]

b: 4.060(2) Å [ Help ]

c: 10.135(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90.01(3) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 162.82(9) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell determination reflection Nb.: 6594 [ Help ]

θ(min) for cell determination: 3.01 ° [ Help ]

θ(max) for cell determination: 33.53 ° [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 293.0(10) K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.03(1) 0.00000 0.48(1)

μ: 83.840 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: numerical [ Help ]

Absorption correction remarks: (Jana2000; Petricek, Dusek & Palatinus, 2000) [ Help ]

Minimum transmission factor: 0.064 [ Help ]

Maximum transmission factor: 0.807 [ Help ]

Refinement details


Total nb. of reflections: 2428 [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 1634 [ Help ]

Intense reflections threshold: I>3σ(I) [ Help ]

Refinement based on: F [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0678 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0456 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0493 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0504 [ Help ]

S(all): 2.37 [ Help ]

Nb. of reflections: 2428 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 78 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Weighting scheme remarks: w=1/(σ2(F)+0.0001F2) [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0423 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0060 [ Help ]

Δρ(max): 3.04 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Δρ(min): -2.62 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Extinction method: B-C type 1 Gaussian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) [ Help ]

Extinction coefficient: 0.19(5) [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom symbol Atom site label x y z Uiso/equiv ADP type Coords from (d)iffraction or (c)alculated Coords restraints or constraints Occupancy Disordered cluster Disordered group
Gd Gd 0.2519(4) 0.25 0.76613(5) 0.0129(3) Uani d . 1 . .
Au Au 0.7492(4) 0.25 0.5006(3) 0.0197(3) Uani d . 0.973(3) . .
As As1 0.2590(10) 0.25 0.31231(13) 0.0137(6) Uani d . 1 . .
As As2 0.7511(12) 0.25 0.9981(6) 0.0188(7) Uani d . 1 . .

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23 Atom site symbol
Gd 0.0189(7) 0.0075(5) 0.0122(2) 0 -0.0056(8) 0 Gd
Au 0.0250(6) 0.0154(5) 0.0186(2) 0 -0.0049(8) 0 Au
As1 0.0165(13) 0.0090(12) 0.0157(5) 0 -0.0073(13) 0 As
As2 0.0248(14) 0.0225(13) 0.0090(6) 0 -0.0028(17) 0 As

Fourier Wave Vectors (explicit: q_x,q_y,q_z or coefficients: q_1,q_2,...): [ Help ]

Wave vector code q_x q_z
1 0.03000 0.48000

Definition of the displacive (translational) Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gdx1 Gd x 1
Gdy1 Gd y 1
Gdz1 Gd z 1
Aux1 Au x 1
Auy1 Au y 1
Auz1 Au z 1
As1x1 As1 x 1
As1y1 As1 y 1
As1z1 As1 z 1
As2x1 As2 x 1
As2y1 As2 y 1
As2z1 As2 z 1

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gdx1 -0.0128(3) 0.0114(3)
Gdy1 0 0
Gdz1 0.0004(3) -0.0006(3)
Aux1 0.0000(3) 0.0217(2)
Auy1 0 0
Auz1 0.0005(2) -0.0024(2)
As1x1 0.0093(5) 0.0146(5)
As1y1 0 0
As1z1 0.0002(5) -0.0006(6)
As2x1 -0.0377(7) 0.0004(6)
As2y1 0 0
As2z1 0.0032(8) -0.0002(5)

Definition of the ADP Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Tensor element Wave vector code
GdU111 Gd U11 1
GdU221 Gd U22 1
GdU331 Gd U33 1
GdU121 Gd U12 1
GdU131 Gd U13 1
GdU231 Gd U23 1
AuU111 Au U11 1
AuU221 Au U22 1
AuU331 Au U33 1
AuU121 Au U12 1
AuU131 Au U13 1
AuU231 Au U23 1
As1U111 As1 U11 1
As1U221 As1 U22 1
As1U331 As1 U33 1
As1U121 As1 U12 1
As1U131 As1 U13 1
As1U231 As1 U23 1
As2U111 As2 U11 1
As2U221 As2 U22 1
As2U331 As2 U33 1
As2U121 As2 U12 1
As2U131 As2 U13 1
As2U231 As2 U23 1

ADP Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
GdU111 0.0000(9) -0.0009(10)
GdU221 -0.0001(9) -0.0005(10)
GdU331 -0.0002(12) 0.0007(12)
GdU121 0 0
GdU131 0.0008(5) 0.0001(5)
GdU231 0 0
AuU111 -0.0007(6) -0.0004(10)
AuU221 0.0013(7) -0.0024(10)
AuU331 0.0001(10) -0.0006(14)
AuU121 0 0
AuU131 -0.0002(4) 0.0014(6)
AuU231 0 0
As1U111 -0.0030(15) 0.0003(17)
As1U221 0.0087(17) 0.0089(19)
As1U331 0.001(2) 0.002(3)
As1U121 0 0
As1U131 0.0007(9) -0.0012(9)
As1U231 0 0
As2U111 -0.002(3) 0.0020(19)
As2U221 0.007(3) 0.003(2)
As2U331 0.0019(19) 0.002(3)
As2U121 0 0
As2U131 0.0008(14) -0.0013(13)
As2U231 0 0

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Chemical data


Common Name: Terbium gold arsenide [ Help ]

Formula moiety: As2 Au0.966 Tb1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula Sum: As2 Au0.966 Tb1 [ Help ]

Structural Formula: As2 Au0.966 Tb1 [ Help ]

Formula analytical: As2 Au0.966 Tb1 [ Help ]

Formula (IUPAC): As2 Au0.966 Tb1 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 499.0 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: P21/m(α0γ)00 [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 -x1,1/2+x2,-x3,-x4
3 -x1,-x2,-x3,-x4
4 x1,1/2-x2,x3,x4

a: 3.933(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 4.0891(15) Å [ Help ]

c: 10.1350(14) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90.0(3) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 163.01(12) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell determination reflection Nb.: 7354 [ Help ]

θ(min) for cell determination: 2.95 ° [ Help ]

θ(max) for cell determination: 33.42 ° [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 293.0(10) K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.02(1) 0.00000 0.46(1)

μ: 84.78 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: numerical [ Help ]

Absorption correction remarks: (Jana2000; Petricek, Dusek & Palatinus, 2000) [ Help ]

Minimum transmission factor: 0.066 [ Help ]

Maximum transmission factor: 0.892 [ Help ]

Refinement details


Total nb. of reflections: 2101 [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 1092 [ Help ]

Intense reflections threshold: I>3σ(I) [ Help ]

Refinement based on: F [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0879 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0555 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0640 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0655 [ Help ]

S(all): 2.96 [ Help ]

Nb. of reflections: 2101 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 78 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Weighting scheme remarks: w=1/(σ2(F)+0.0001F2) [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0336 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0014 [ Help ]

Δρ(max): 3.84 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Δρ(min): -3.65 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Extinction method: B-C type 1 Lorentzian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) [ Help ]

Extinction coefficient: 0.26(3) [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom symbol Atom site label x y z Uiso/equiv ADP type Coords from (d)iffraction or (c)alculated Coords restraints or constraints Occupancy Disordered cluster Disordered group
Au Au1 0.7484(10) 0.25 0.50072(17) 0.0259(3) Uani d . 0.968(4) . .
As As1 0.2667(16) 0.25 0.31004(18) 0.0174(6) Uani d . 1 . .
As As2 0.751(3) 0.25 0.9982(4) 0.0246(8) Uani d . 1 . .
Tb Tb1 0.2494(8) 0.25 0.76696(6) 0.0179(3) Uani d . 1 . .

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23 Atom site symbol
Au1 0.0256(6) 0.0250(6) 0.0271(3) 0 -0.001(2) 0 Au
As1 0.0138(13) 0.0155(11) 0.0229(5) 0 -0.0045(19) 0 As
As2 0.0315(18) 0.0253(15) 0.0170(5) 0 -0.002(4) 0 As
Tb1 0.0173(6) 0.0167(6) 0.0198(2) 0 0.0004(19) 0 Tb

Fourier Wave Vectors (explicit: q_x,q_y,q_z or coefficients: q_1,q_2,...): [ Help ]

Wave vector code q_x q_z
1 0.02000 0.46000

Definition of the displacive (translational) Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Au1x1 Au1 x 1
Au1y1 Au1 y 1
Au1z1 Au1 z 1
As1x1 As1 x 1
As1y1 As1 y 1
As1z1 As1 z 1
As2x1 As2 x 1
As2y1 As2 y 1
As2z1 As2 z 1
Tb1x1 Tb1 x 1
Tb1y1 Tb1 y 1
Tb1z1 Tb1 z 1

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Au1x1 0.0000(3) 0.0121(3)
Au1y1 0 0
Au1z1 0.0009(4) -0.0014(2)
As1x1 0.0059(8) 0.0088(8)
As1y1 0 0
As1z1 0.0013(6) 0.0017(6)
As2x1 -0.0218(9) 0.0001(8)
As2y1 0 0
As2z1 -0.0004(8) 0.0002(5)
Tb1x1 -0.0066(4) 0.0061(4)
Tb1y1 0 0
Tb1z1 0.0001(3) -0.0002(3)

Definition of the ADP Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Tensor element Wave vector code
Au1U111 Au1 U11 1
Au1U221 Au1 U22 1
Au1U331 Au1 U33 1
Au1U121 Au1 U12 1
Au1U131 Au1 U13 1
Au1U231 Au1 U23 1
As1U111 As1 U11 1
As1U221 As1 U22 1
As1U331 As1 U33 1
As1U121 As1 U12 1
As1U131 As1 U13 1
As1U231 As1 U23 1
As2U111 As2 U11 1
As2U221 As2 U22 1
As2U331 As2 U33 1
As2U121 As2 U12 1
As2U131 As2 U13 1
As2U231 As2 U23 1
Tb1U111 Tb1 U11 1
Tb1U221 Tb1 U22 1
Tb1U331 Tb1 U33 1
Tb1U121 Tb1 U12 1
Tb1U131 Tb1 U13 1
Tb1U231 Tb1 U23 1

ADP Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Au1U111 0.001(2) 0.0019(17)
Au1U221 0.000(2) -0.002(2)
Au1U331 -0.0003(9) 0.0002(15)
Au1U121 0 0
Au1U131 0.0003(5) 0.0010(6)
Au1U231 0 0
As1U111 0.003(3) 0.003(2)
As1U221 0.001(4) 0.003(3)
As1U331 -0.003(2) -0.004(2)
As1U121 0 0
As1U131 -0.0008(11) -0.0009(10)
As1U231 0 0
As2U111 0.009(6) 0.000(5)
As2U221 -0.003(6) 0.001(6)
As2U331 0.001(2) -0.001(3)
As2U121 0 0
As2U131 0.0025(12) 0.0001(17)
As2U231 0 0
Tb1U111 0.0019(18) -0.0003(18)
Tb1U221 -0.0004(19) 0.000(2)
Tb1U331 0.0005(10) -0.0006(11)
Tb1U121 0 0
Tb1U131 0.0010(5) -0.0003(6)
Tb1U231 0 0