La1.16Mo8O16:a Hollandite-related compound with an incommensurate modulated structure

Authors:

Leligny, H; Labbe, Ph.; Ledesert, M.; Raveau, B.; Valdez, C.; McCarrol, W.H.

Journal:

Acta Cryst. B 48 134-144 (1992)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768191013101

B-IncStrDB ID: 512EBsCa5 Entry date: 2010-11-08 Last revision: 2021-12-30

La1_16

Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: La1.16 Mo8 O16 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 1184.6 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


a: 9.983(1) Å [ Help ]

b: 9.983(1) Å [ Help ]

c: 2.8890(5) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90 ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 287.92(6) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 1 [ Help ]

μ: 12.706 mm-1 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 294 K [ Help ]

Crystal system: tetragonal [ Help ]

Superspace group name (WJJ): P:I 4:1 [ Help ]

Superspace group name: I4(00γ)0 [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 -x2,x1,x3,x4
3 -x1,-x2,x3,x4
4 x2,-x1,x3,x4
5 1/2+x1,1/2+x2,1/2+x3,x4
6 1/2-x2,1/2+x1,1/2+x3,x4
7 1/2-x1,1/2-x2,1/2+x3,x4
8 1/2+x2,1/2-x1,1/2+x3,x4

Space group name (H-M): I 4 [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0 0 0.608(1)

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Atomic occupancies constrained with penalty functions. WARNING: The published thermal displacement parameters have been converted to U,s. The calculated standard uncertainties (s.u.) have been based uniquely on the published ones without considering the s.u. of any other quantity involved in such conversion. [ Help ]

Modulation functions description: Displacive modulation:Fourier series. Up to 2nd-order harmonics. Occupational modulation:Fourier series. Up to 2nd-order harmonics. [ Help ]

Structure factors calc. details: Gaussian integration [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 1145 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.041 [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom symbol Symmetry multiplicity Occupancy x y z Uiso/equiv ADP type
La La 2 0.5800(50) 0 0 0 ? Uani
Mo Mo 8 1 0.3188(1) 0.1614(1) 0.0346(33) ? Uani
O1 O 8 1 0.3282(10) 0.3681(10) 0.0364(60) ? Uani
O2 O 8 1 0.0399(8) 0.3313(8) 0.0289(55) ? Uani

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

Wave vector code q_x q_y q_z
1 0 0 0.608
2 0 0 1.216

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Laz1 La z 1
Laz2 La z 2
Mox1 Mo x 1
Mox2 Mo x 2
Moy1 Mo y 1
Moy2 Mo y 2
Moz1 Mo z 1
Moz2 Mo z 2
O1x1 O1 x 1
O1x2 O1 x 2
O1y1 O1 y 1
O1y2 O1 y 2
O1z1 O1 z 1
O1z2 O1 z 2
O2x1 O2 x 1
O2x2 O2 x 2
O2y1 O2 y 1
O2y2 O2 y 2
O2z1 O2 z 1
O2z2 O2 z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Laz1 0 -0.1576(14)
Laz2 -0.0282(29) 0.0053(33)
Mox1 0.0023(0) 0.0018(2)
Mox2 0.0010(4) 0.0056(1)
Moy1 -0.0090(0) -0.0010(4)
Moy2 0.0033(2) -0.0029(3)
Moz1 0.0187(21) 0.0485(7)
Moz2 0.0122(40) 0.0388(14)
O1x1 -0.0121(8) 0.0090(14)
O1x2 0.0010(19) 0.0026(15)
O1y1 -0.0083(9) 0.0114(13)
O1y2 0.0057(19) 0.0001(15)
O1z1 -0.0072(81) 0.0018(39)
O1z2 -0.0246(67) 0.0013(104)
O2x1 0.0057(4) -0.0021(10)
O2x2 0.0023(11) 0.0076(7)
O2y1 -0.0038(4) -0.0007(12)
O2y2 0.0032(9) -0.0007(12)
O2z1 -0.0130(53) 0.0026(25)
O2z2 -0.0174(64) 0.0017(40)

Definition of the occupation Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Wave vector code
Lao1 La 1
Lao2 La 2

Occupation Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Lao1 0.5414(44) -0.0938(159)
Lao2 -0.0841(52) 0.0358(96)

Phason model: [ Help ]

Atom site label Phason formula Phason coefficient
La Ovr 0.1440(42)
Mo Ovr 0.3313(46)
O1 Ovr 0.3539(452)
O2 Ovr 0.0149(383)

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom site symbol U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
La La 0.007573 0.007573 0.0078(6) 0 0 0
Mo Mo 0.004039 0.004544 0.0007(2) -0.000505 -0.0016(3) 0.0013(3)
O1 O 0.0050(10) 0.0045(10) 0.0072(18) -0.0015(5) 0.006(2) 0.001(2)
O2 O 0.0015(5) 0.0086(5) 0.0065(16) -0.0010(5) -0.005(2) -0.003(2)