Vacancy-ordering effects in AlB2-type ErGe2-x (0.4 < x ≤ 0.5)

Authors:

Christensen, Jeppe; Lidin, Sven; Malaman, Bernard; Venturini, Gerard

Journal:

Acta Crystallographica, Section B 64 272-280 (2008)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768108005119

B-IncStrDB ID: GOAMfvpRv7i Entry date: 2022-01-24 Last revision: 2022-01-24

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.188 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 565.9 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9208(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7547(4) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0945(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.811(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 108.439(13) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.40577(17) 0.00000 0.2205(3)

μ: 91.766 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurities present are ErGe1.83 and Er2O3 Parameters for these were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0588 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0566 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0304 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0304 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.99 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 51 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0495 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0040 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.180(3) 0.5 0.0149(19) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0069(11) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.40576 0.22052
2 0.81153 0.44104

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.082(2) 0
Gey1 0 -0.051(5)
Gez1 -0.005(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.054(4)
Gey2 0.011(5) 0
Gez2 0 -0.014(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0199(10)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.011(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.017(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7971

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.188 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 565.94 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9206(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7543(4) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.09383(19) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.813(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 108.409(13) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.40612(16) 0.00000 0.2206(2)

μ: 91.791 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurities present are ErGe1.83 and Er2O3 Parameters for these were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0540 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0531 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0304 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0304 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.85 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 51 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0498 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0046 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.181(2) 0.5 0.0122(18) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0066(10) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.40612 0.22059
2 0.81223 0.44117

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.084(2) 0
Gey1 0 -0.051(5)
Gez1 -0.008(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.058(4)
Gey2 0.010(4) 0
Gez2 0 -0.017(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0206(9)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.010(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.016(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7969

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.186 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 565.79 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.92030(18) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7532(3) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.09406(16) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.813(3) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 108.389(11) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.40712(13) 0.00000 0.22091(19)

μ: 91.793 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurities present are ErGe1.83 and Er2O3 Parameters for these were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0481 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0477 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0269 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0269 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.88 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 51 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0465 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0073 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.181(2) 0.5 0.0151(17) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0080(10) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.40712 0.22091
2 0.81425 0.44182

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.0844(19) 0
Gey1 0 -0.052(4)
Gez1 -0.008(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.053(4)
Gey2 0.010(4) 0
Gez2 0 -0.011(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0208(8)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.011(2)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.018(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7964

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.182 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 565.50 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9198(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7518(4) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0941(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.813(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 108.354(13) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.40890(17) 0.00000 0.2214(2)

μ: 91.792 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurities present are ErGe1.83 and Er2O3 Parameters for these were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0625 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0612 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0362 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0362 [ Help ]

S(all): 4.01 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 51 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.4157 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0320 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.182(3) 0.5 0.015(2) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0094(13) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.40890 0.22142
2 0.81780 0.44285

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.085(3) 0
Gey1 0 -0.053(6)
Gez1 -0.010(4) 0
Gex2 0 0.053(5)
Gey2 0.010(5) 0
Gez2 0 -0.011(6)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0217(11)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.012(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.016(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7955

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.171 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 564.70 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9183(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7475(4) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0932(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.813(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 108.217(13) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.41484(17) 0.00000 0.2236(2)

μ: 91.825 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurity present is Er2O3 Parameters for this were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0621 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0594 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0366 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0367 [ Help ]

S(all): 4.14 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 41 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0921 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0150 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.178(3) 0.5 0.016(2) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0098(13) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.41484 0.22361
2 0.82967 0.44721

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.082(3) 0
Gey1 0 -0.048(6)
Gez1 -0.009(4) 0
Gex2 0 0.043(6)
Gey2 0.015(6) 0
Gez2 0 -0.007(6)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0221(12)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.013(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.019(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7926

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.14 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 562.45 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9142(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7363(4) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0917(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.810(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 107.885(14) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.42980(16) 0.00000 0.2278(2)

μ: 91.872 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurity present is Er2O3. Parameters for this were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0615 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0544 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0362 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0362 [ Help ]

S(all): 4.15 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 42 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0499 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0099 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.176(4) 0.5 0.015(2) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0079(14) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.42980 0.22783
2 0.85961 0.45567

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.079(3) 0
Gey1 0 -0.044(7)
Gez1 -0.010(4) 0
Gex2 0 0.044(6)
Gey2 0.020(6) 0
Gez2 0 -0.006(6)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0216(12)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.016(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.023(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7851

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.125 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 561.36 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9117(2) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7296(3) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.09129(19) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.805(4) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 107.699(12) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.43766(14) 0.00000 0.23005(19)

μ: 91.917 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Impurity present is Er2O3. Parameters for this were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0623 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0579 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0307 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0308 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.97 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 37 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 1 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0457 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0059 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.170(3) 0.5 0.0172(19) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0109(12) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.43766 0.23005
2 0.87531 0.46010

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.077(2) 0
Gey1 0 -0.035(6)
Gez1 -0.006(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.043(5)
Gey2 0.027(5) 0
Gez2 0 -0.003(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0204(11)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.016(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.025(3)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7812

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3.122 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 561.15 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.9113(3) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.7290(5) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0912(2) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.805(5) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 107.674(16) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.43886(17) 0.00000 0.2302(2)

μ: 91.915 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Second phase present is Er2Ge3. Parameters for this were refined. Impurity present is Er2O3 Parameters for this were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0611 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0558 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0317 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0318 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.79 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 36 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 8 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0486 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0070 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.167(3) 0.5 0.0139(16) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0094(9) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.43886 0.23024
2 0.87771 0.46048

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.079(2) 0
Gey1 0 -0.032(6)
Gez1 -0.008(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.044(5)
Gey2 0.033(5) 0
Gez2 0 -0.006(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0221(10)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.018(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.030(2)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.7806

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Er2 Ge3 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 552.29 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: X2/m(α0γ)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

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

a: 3.8901(10) Å [ Help ]

b: 6.6544(11) Å [ Help ]

c: 4.0980(8) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 89.74(2) ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 106.081(15) Å3 [ Help ]

Z: 2 [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 295 K [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.50000 0.00000 0.25000

μ: 92.354 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: empirical [ Help ]

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

Refinement details


Refinement remarks: Presented phase is a minority phase. The main phase is Er2Ge3.122 Impurity present is Er2O3 Parameters for this were not refined. [ Help ]

Refinement based on: Fsqd [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0611 [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0558 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0317 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0318 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.79 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 36 [ Help ]

Number of restraints: 0 [ Help ]

Number of constraints: 8 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0486 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0070 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ 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
Ge Ge 0.5 0.166775 0.5 0.0139(16) Uiso d . 1 . .
Er Er 0 0 0 0.0094(9) Uiso d . 1 . .

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 0.49998 0.25000
2 0.99996 0.50000

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

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Gex1 Ge x 1
Gey1 Ge y 1
Gez1 Ge z 1
Gex2 Ge x 2
Gey2 Ge y 2
Gez2 Ge z 2
Erx1 Er x 1
Ery1 Er y 1
Erz1 Er z 1
Erx2 Er x 2
Ery2 Er y 2
Erz2 Er z 2

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Gex1 -0.079(2) 0
Gey1 0 -0.032(6)
Gez1 -0.008(3) 0
Gex2 0 0.044(5)
Gey2 0.033(5) 0
Gez2 0 -0.006(5)
Erx1 0 0
Ery1 0 0.0221(10)
Erz1 0 0
Erx2 0 -0.018(3)
Ery2 0 0
Erz2 0 0.030(2)

Occupation crenel coefficients: [ Help ]

Atom site label Center (x0) Width
Ge 0.25 0.75