Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, i282-i284  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805038092 ]

Reinvestigation of MnSn₂

Y. Dong and F. J. DiSalvo

Abstract: The structure of manganese distannite, MnSn₂, known from X-ray powder diffraction data, has been refined based on single-crystal data. This intermetallic compound crystallizes in the tetragonal CuAl₂ structure type. Mn atoms (4a position) form chains parallel to the c axis and each Mn atom is surrounded by eight Sn atoms in a square antiprism. Each Sn atom (8h position) has four Mn near neighbors from two neighboring Mn chains forming Mn₄Sn rectangular prisms.

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