inorganic compounds
Diterbium heptanickel: a
redeterminationaDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Kyryla & Mefodiya street 6, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine, and b344 Spedding Hall, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011-3020, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: v.levyckyy@gmail.com
The 2Ni7, was redetermined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. In comparison with previous studies based on powder X-ray diffraction data [Lemaire et al. (1967). C. R. Acad. Sci. Ser. B, 265, 1280–1282; Lemaire & Paccard (1969). Bull. Soc. Fr. Mineral. Cristallogr. 92, 9–16; Buschow & van der Goot (1970). J. Less-Common Met. 22, 419–428], the present redetermination affords refined coordinates and anisotropic displacement parameters for all atoms. A partial occupation for one Tb atom results in the non-stoichiometric composition Tb1.962 (4)Ni7. The title compound adopts the Ce2Ni7 structure type and can also be derived from the CaCu5 structure type as an intergrowth structure. The contains two Tb sites (both site symmetries 3m.) and five Ni sites (.m., mm2, 3m., 3m., -3m.). The two different coordination polyhedra of Tb are a Frank–Kasper polyhedron formed by four Tb and 12 Ni atoms and a pseudo Frank–Kasper polyhedron formed by two Tb and 18 Ni atoms. The four different coordination polyhedra of Ni are Frank–Kasper icosahedra formed by five Tb and seven Ni atoms, four Tb and eight Ni atoms, three Tb and nine Ni atoms, and six Tb and six Ni atoms, respectively.
of the title compound, TbKeywords: crystal structure.
CCDC reference: 1011470
Related literature
For the Ce2Ni7 structure type, see: Cromer & Larson (1959). For previous X-ray powder studies of the title compound, see: Lemaire et al. (1967); Lemaire & Paccard (1969); Buschow & van der Goot (1970). For related compounds, see: Bertaut et al. (1965); Virkar & Raman (1969); Buschow & van der Goot (1970); Paul-Boncour et al. (2006); Levytskyy et al. (2012). For intergrowth structures, see: Parthé et al. (1985); Grin (1992). For standardization of data, see: Gelato & Parthé (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2007); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2011 (Burla et al., 2012); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 2012); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 1011470
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contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814015384/fj2679Isup2.hkl
The sample was prepared from powdered commercially available pure elements: sublimed bulk pieces of terbium metal with a claimed purity of 99.9 at.% (Strem Chemicals) and 99.99% pure nickel powder (Aldrich Chem. Inc.). A mixture of the powders was compacted into a pellet. It was arc-melted under an argon atmosphere on a water-cooled copper hearth. The alloy button (~1 g) was turned over and remelted three times to improve
Subsequently, the sample was annealed in an evacuated silica tube for four weeks at 1070 K. Shiny metallic gray prysmatic shaped crystals were isolated mechanically from crushed sample with a help of microscope.The atomic positions found from the
structure solution were in good agreement with those from the Ce2Ni7 structure type (Cromer & Larson, 1959) and were used as starting point for the structure An increased value of isotropic thermal parameter for Tb1 atom was observed. Refined occupation of the site is 96.2 (4)% resulting in composition Tb1.962 (4)Ni7. Interatomic distances Tb1–Tb1 (in R2T4 blocks) are slightly decreased (3.173 (1) Å) and correlate with those observed in Tb1 - xNi2 (3.11 Å) (Paul-Boncour et al., 2006). Atomic positions were standardized using program STRUCTURE TIDY (Gelato & Parthé, 1987). The highest Fourier difference peak of 1.51 e·Å-3 is at (1/3 2/3 0.041) and 1.68 Å away from Tb1 atom. The deepest hole (-1.76 e·Å-3) is at (2/3 1/3 0.199) and 0.62 Å away from Tb2 atom.Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2007); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR2011 (Burla et al., 2012); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 2012); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).Tb1.96Ni7 | Dx = 9.398 Mg m−3 |
Mr = 722.72 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hexagonal, P63/mmc | Cell parameters from 7652 reflections |
a = 4.944 (1) Å | θ = 1.7–32.8° |
c = 24.129 (6) Å | µ = 51.78 mm−1 |
V = 510.8 (2) Å3 | T = 293 K |
Z = 4 | Irregular, fragment, metallic gray |
F(000) = 1294 | 0.05 × 0.04 × 0.04 mm |
Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer | 313 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.073 |
ω scans | θmax = 32.8°, θmin = 1.7° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) | h = −7→7 |
Tmin = 0.50, Tmax = 0.74 | k = −7→7 |
7652 measured reflections | l = −36→35 |
422 independent reflections |
Refinement on F2 | 0 restraints |
Least-squares matrix: full | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0109P)2 + 2.7514P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
wR(F2) = 0.041 | Δρmax = 1.51 e Å−3 |
S = 1.07 | Δρmin = −1.76 e Å−3 |
422 reflections | Extinction correction: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2008), Fc*=kFc[1+0.001xFc2λ3/sin(2θ)]-1/4 |
27 parameters | Extinction coefficient: 0.00061 (6) |
Tb1.96Ni7 | Z = 4 |
Mr = 722.72 | Mo Kα radiation |
Hexagonal, P63/mmc | µ = 51.78 mm−1 |
a = 4.944 (1) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 24.129 (6) Å | 0.05 × 0.04 × 0.04 mm |
V = 510.8 (2) Å3 |
Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer | 422 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) | 313 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.50, Tmax = 0.74 | Rint = 0.073 |
7652 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.025 | 27 parameters |
wR(F2) = 0.041 | 0 restraints |
S = 1.07 | Δρmax = 1.51 e Å−3 |
422 reflections | Δρmin = −1.76 e Å−3 |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
Ni1 | 0.16717 (13) | 0.3343 (3) | 0.08560 (3) | 0.0076 (2) | |
Ni2 | 0.1665 (2) | 0.3330 (4) | 0.2500 | 0.0076 (3) | |
Ni3 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.16728 (6) | 0.0088 (3) | |
Tb1 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.52871 (2) | 0.0108 (2) | 0.962 (4) |
Tb2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.67352 (2) | 0.00849 (16) | |
Ni4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.16750 (6) | 0.0089 (3) | |
Ni5 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0081 (5) |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Ni1 | 0.0082 (4) | 0.0065 (4) | 0.0073 (4) | 0.0033 (2) | −0.0001 (2) | −0.0002 (4) |
Ni2 | 0.0096 (5) | 0.0067 (6) | 0.0055 (5) | 0.0033 (3) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Ni3 | 0.0111 (5) | 0.0111 (5) | 0.0044 (7) | 0.0055 (2) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Tb1 | 0.0114 (3) | 0.0114 (3) | 0.0098 (3) | 0.00568 (13) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Tb2 | 0.0083 (2) | 0.0083 (2) | 0.0090 (3) | 0.00413 (10) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Ni4 | 0.0103 (5) | 0.0103 (5) | 0.0060 (7) | 0.0052 (3) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Ni5 | 0.0100 (8) | 0.0100 (8) | 0.0043 (9) | 0.0050 (4) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Ni1—Ni3 | 2.4309 (15) | Tb1—Ni1xviii | 2.8274 (7) |
Ni1—Ni4 | 2.4403 (15) | Tb1—Ni5xv | 2.9373 (6) |
Ni1—Ni1i | 2.465 (2) | Tb1—Ni5xix | 2.9373 (6) |
Ni1—Ni1ii | 2.465 (2) | Tb1—Ni5xvii | 2.9373 (6) |
Ni1—Ni1iii | 2.479 (2) | Tb1—Ni1xx | 3.1036 (12) |
Ni1—Ni1iv | 2.479 (2) | Tb1—Ni1vii | 3.1036 (12) |
Ni1—Ni5 | 2.5129 (10) | Tb1—Ni1xxi | 3.1036 (12) |
Ni1—Tb1v | 2.8274 (7) | Tb2—Ni4xv | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni1—Tb1vi | 2.8275 (7) | Tb2—Ni4xix | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni1—Tb1vii | 3.1036 (12) | Tb2—Ni4xvii | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni1—Tb2v | 3.2576 (8) | Tb2—Ni3xvii | 2.8584 (6) |
Ni1—Tb2vi | 3.2576 (8) | Tb2—Ni3xv | 2.8584 (6) |
Ni2—Ni4vii | 2.4485 (16) | Tb2—Ni3xxii | 2.8584 (6) |
Ni2—Ni4 | 2.4486 (16) | Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 3.0848 (6) |
Ni2—Ni3vii | 2.4545 (16) | Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 3.0848 (6) |
Ni2—Ni3 | 2.4545 (16) | Tb2—Ni2viii | 3.0848 (6) |
Ni2—Ni2iii | 2.470 (3) | Tb2—Ni2xxv | 3.0849 (6) |
Ni2—Ni2iv | 2.470 (3) | Tb2—Ni2ix | 3.0849 (6) |
Ni2—Ni2i | 2.474 (3) | Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 3.0849 (6) |
Ni2—Ni2ii | 2.474 (3) | Ni4—Ni1iii | 2.4403 (15) |
Ni2—Tb2viii | 3.0848 (6) | Ni4—Ni1iv | 2.4403 (15) |
Ni2—Tb2v | 3.0848 (6) | Ni4—Ni2iv | 2.4486 (16) |
Ni2—Tb2vi | 3.0848 (6) | Ni4—Ni2iii | 2.4486 (16) |
Ni2—Tb2ix | 3.0848 (6) | Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 2.8544 (6) |
Ni3—Ni1i | 2.4310 (15) | Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 2.8544 (6) |
Ni3—Ni1ii | 2.4310 (15) | Ni4—Tb2v | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni3—Ni2i | 2.4545 (16) | Ni4—Tb2xxix | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni3—Ni2ii | 2.4545 (16) | Ni4—Tb2vi | 2.8581 (6) |
Ni3—Ni4x | 2.8544 (6) | Ni5—Ni1xxx | 2.5129 (10) |
Ni3—Ni4xi | 2.8544 (6) | Ni5—Ni1xxxi | 2.5129 (10) |
Ni3—Ni4 | 2.8544 (6) | Ni5—Ni1iv | 2.5129 (10) |
Ni3—Tb2v | 2.8584 (6) | Ni5—Ni1iii | 2.5129 (10) |
Ni3—Tb2xii | 2.8584 (6) | Ni5—Ni1xxxii | 2.5129 (10) |
Ni3—Tb2vi | 2.8584 (6) | Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 2.9373 (6) |
Tb1—Ni1xiii | 2.8274 (7) | Ni5—Tb1v | 2.9373 (6) |
Tb1—Ni1xiv | 2.8274 (7) | Ni5—Tb1vii | 2.9373 (6) |
Tb1—Ni1xv | 2.8274 (7) | Ni5—Tb1xxix | 2.9373 (6) |
Tb1—Ni1xvi | 2.8274 (7) | Ni5—Tb1vi | 2.9373 (6) |
Tb1—Ni1xvii | 2.8274 (7) | Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 2.9373 (6) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni4 | 71.74 (4) | Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 96.49 (2) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni1i | 59.54 (3) | Ni5xv—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 114.616 (9) |
Ni4—Ni1—Ni1i | 120.53 (3) | Ni5xix—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 114.617 (9) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni1ii | 59.54 (3) | Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xx | 115.511 (19) |
Ni4—Ni1—Ni1ii | 120.53 (3) | Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xx | 94.85 (3) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Ni1ii | 60.0 | Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1xx | 94.85 (3) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni1iii | 120.46 (3) | Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni1xx | 115.511 (19) |
Ni4—Ni1—Ni1iii | 59.47 (3) | Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni1xx | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Ni1iii | 120.0 | Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni1xx | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Ni1iii | 180.0 | Ni5xv—Tb1—Ni1xx | 49.07 (2) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni1iv | 120.46 (3) | Ni5xix—Tb1—Ni1xx | 90.753 (19) |
Ni4—Ni1—Ni1iv | 59.47 (3) | Ni5xvii—Tb1—Ni1xx | 90.753 (19) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Ni1iv | 180.0 | Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1vii | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Ni1iv | 120.0 | Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1vii | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Ni1iv | 60.0 | Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1vii | 115.511 (19) |
Ni3—Ni1—Ni5 | 178.90 (5) | Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni1vii | 94.85 (3) |
Ni4—Ni1—Ni5 | 109.36 (5) | Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni1vii | 115.511 (19) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Ni5 | 119.56 (2) | Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni1vii | 94.85 (3) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Ni5 | 119.56 (2) | Ni5xv—Tb1—Ni1vii | 90.753 (18) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Ni5 | 60.44 (2) | Ni5xix—Tb1—Ni1vii | 49.07 (2) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Ni5 | 60.44 (2) | Ni5xvii—Tb1—Ni1vii | 90.753 (19) |
Ni3—Ni1—Tb1v | 113.23 (3) | Ni1xx—Tb1—Ni1vii | 46.79 (4) |
Ni4—Ni1—Tb1v | 113.09 (3) | Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 94.85 (3) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Tb1v | 116.01 (2) | Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 115.511 (19) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Tb1v | 64.16 (2) | Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Tb1v | 115.84 (2) | Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 141.157 (16) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Tb1v | 63.99 (2) | Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 94.85 (3) |
Ni5—Ni1—Tb1v | 66.43 (2) | Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 115.511 (19) |
Ni3—Ni1—Tb1vi | 113.23 (3) | Ni5xv—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 90.753 (19) |
Ni4—Ni1—Tb1vi | 113.09 (3) | Ni5xix—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 90.753 (18) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Tb1vi | 64.16 (2) | Ni5xvii—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 49.07 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Tb1vi | 116.01 (2) | Ni1xx—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 46.79 (4) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Tb1vi | 63.99 (2) | Ni1vii—Tb1—Ni1xxi | 46.79 (4) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Tb1vi | 115.84 (2) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni4xix | 119.744 (6) |
Ni5—Ni1—Tb1vi | 66.43 (2) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni4xvii | 119.744 (6) |
Tb1v—Ni1—Tb1vi | 121.92 (4) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni4xvii | 119.744 (6) |
Ni3—Ni1—Tb1vii | 116.89 (5) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni3xvii | 174.07 (5) |
Ni4—Ni1—Tb1vii | 171.37 (5) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni3xvii | 59.912 (1) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Tb1vii | 66.606 (18) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni3xvii | 59.912 (1) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Tb1vii | 66.606 (18) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni3xv | 59.911 (2) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Tb1vii | 113.392 (18) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni3xv | 59.912 (2) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Tb1vii | 113.392 (18) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni3xv | 174.07 (5) |
Ni5—Ni1—Tb1vii | 62.01 (2) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni3xv | 119.726 (6) |
Tb1v—Ni1—Tb1vii | 64.488 (19) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni3xxii | 59.911 (2) |
Tb1vi—Ni1—Tb1vii | 64.490 (19) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni3xxii | 174.07 (5) |
Ni3—Ni1—Tb2v | 58.178 (19) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni3xxii | 59.912 (1) |
Ni4—Ni1—Tb2v | 58.115 (19) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni3xxii | 119.726 (6) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Tb2v | 112.369 (19) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni3xxii | 119.725 (6) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Tb2v | 67.774 (19) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 48.48 (3) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Tb2v | 112.228 (19) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 136.32 (4) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Tb2v | 67.632 (19) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 91.77 (4) |
Ni5—Ni1—Tb2v | 122.31 (3) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 136.45 (4) |
Tb1v—Ni1—Tb2v | 69.68 (2) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 91.78 (4) |
Tb1vi—Ni1—Tb2v | 168.40 (3) | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2xxiii | 48.60 (3) |
Tb1vii—Ni1—Tb2v | 125.41 (2) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 91.77 (4) |
Ni3—Ni1—Tb2vi | 58.179 (19) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 48.48 (3) |
Ni4—Ni1—Tb2vi | 58.115 (19) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 136.32 (4) |
Ni1i—Ni1—Tb2vi | 67.773 (19) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 91.78 (4) |
Ni1ii—Ni1—Tb2vi | 112.370 (19) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 48.60 (3) |
Ni1iii—Ni1—Tb2vi | 67.632 (19) | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 136.45 (4) |
Ni1iv—Ni1—Tb2vi | 112.228 (19) | Ni2xxiii—Tb2—Ni2xxiv | 87.891 (17) |
Ni5—Ni1—Tb2vi | 122.31 (3) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2viii | 136.32 (4) |
Tb1v—Ni1—Tb2vi | 168.40 (3) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2viii | 91.77 (4) |
Tb1vi—Ni1—Tb2vi | 69.68 (2) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2viii | 48.48 (3) |
Tb1vii—Ni1—Tb2vi | 125.41 (2) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2viii | 48.60 (3) |
Tb2v—Ni1—Tb2vi | 98.72 (3) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2viii | 136.45 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni4 | 108.77 (8) | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2viii | 91.78 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni3vii | 71.21 (3) | Ni2xxiii—Tb2—Ni2viii | 87.891 (17) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni3vii | 179.98 (5) | Ni2xxiv—Tb2—Ni2viii | 87.891 (17) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni3 | 179.98 (11) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 91.77 (4) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni3 | 71.21 (3) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 136.32 (4) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Ni3 | 108.81 (8) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 48.48 (3) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni2iii | 59.71 (3) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 91.78 (4) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni2iii | 59.72 (3) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 136.45 (4) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Ni2iii | 120.27 (3) | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 48.60 (3) |
Ni3—Ni2—Ni2iii | 120.27 (3) | Ni2xxiii—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 47.29 (6) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni2iv | 59.71 (3) | Ni2xxiv—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 106.52 (2) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni2iv | 59.72 (3) | Ni2viii—Tb2—Ni2xxv | 47.19 (6) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Ni2iv | 120.27 (3) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2ix | 48.48 (3) |
Ni3—Ni2—Ni2iv | 120.27 (3) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2ix | 91.77 (4) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Ni2iv | 60.0 | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2ix | 136.32 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni2i | 120.29 (3) | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2ix | 136.45 (4) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni2i | 120.28 (3) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2ix | 48.60 (3) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Ni2i | 59.73 (3) | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2ix | 91.78 (4) |
Ni3—Ni2—Ni2i | 59.73 (3) | Ni2xxiii—Tb2—Ni2ix | 47.19 (6) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Ni2i | 120.0 | Ni2xxiv—Tb2—Ni2ix | 47.29 (6) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Ni2i | 180.0 | Ni2viii—Tb2—Ni2ix | 106.52 (2) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Ni2ii | 120.29 (3) | Ni2xxv—Tb2—Ni2ix | 87.891 (17) |
Ni4—Ni2—Ni2ii | 120.28 (3) | Ni4xv—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 136.32 (4) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Ni2ii | 59.73 (3) | Ni4xix—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 48.48 (3) |
Ni3—Ni2—Ni2ii | 59.73 (3) | Ni4xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 91.77 (4) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Ni2ii | 180.0 | Ni3xvii—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 48.60 (3) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Ni2ii | 120.001 (1) | Ni3xv—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 91.78 (4) |
Ni2i—Ni2—Ni2ii | 60.0 | Ni3xxii—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 136.45 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Tb2viii | 60.919 (16) | Ni2xxiii—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 106.52 (2) |
Ni4—Ni2—Tb2viii | 119.12 (4) | Ni2xxiv—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 47.19 (6) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Tb2viii | 60.876 (16) | Ni2viii—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 47.29 (6) |
Ni3—Ni2—Tb2viii | 119.09 (4) | Ni2xxv—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 87.891 (17) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Tb2viii | 113.64 (3) | Ni2ix—Tb2—Ni2xxvi | 87.891 (17) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Tb2viii | 66.40 (3) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni1iii | 61.06 (5) |
Ni2i—Ni2—Tb2viii | 113.60 (3) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni1iv | 61.06 (5) |
Ni2ii—Ni2—Tb2viii | 66.36 (3) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni1iv | 61.06 (5) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Tb2v | 119.12 (4) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni2 | 108.47 (4) |
Ni4—Ni2—Tb2v | 60.918 (16) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni2 | 146.016 (17) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Tb2v | 119.09 (4) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni2 | 146.016 (17) |
Ni3—Ni2—Tb2v | 60.876 (16) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni2iv | 146.016 (17) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Tb2v | 113.64 (3) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni2iv | 146.015 (17) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Tb2v | 66.40 (3) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni2iv | 108.47 (4) |
Ni2i—Ni2—Tb2v | 113.60 (3) | Ni2—Ni4—Ni2iv | 60.57 (6) |
Ni2ii—Ni2—Tb2v | 66.36 (3) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni2iii | 146.015 (17) |
Tb2viii—Ni2—Tb2v | 73.48 (2) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni2iii | 108.47 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Tb2vi | 119.12 (4) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni2iii | 146.016 (17) |
Ni4—Ni2—Tb2vi | 60.919 (16) | Ni2—Ni4—Ni2iii | 60.57 (6) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Tb2vi | 119.09 (4) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Ni2iii | 60.57 (6) |
Ni3—Ni2—Tb2vi | 60.876 (16) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 106.97 (4) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Tb2vi | 66.40 (3) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 53.98 (4) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Tb2vi | 113.64 (3) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 106.97 (4) |
Ni2i—Ni2—Tb2vi | 66.36 (3) | Ni2—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 107.02 (4) |
Ni2ii—Ni2—Tb2vi | 113.60 (3) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 107.02 (4) |
Tb2viii—Ni2—Tb2vi | 179.95 (6) | Ni2iii—Ni4—Ni3xxvii | 54.49 (5) |
Tb2v—Ni2—Tb2vi | 106.52 (2) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni3 | 53.98 (4) |
Ni4vii—Ni2—Tb2ix | 60.919 (16) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni3 | 106.97 (4) |
Ni4—Ni2—Tb2ix | 119.12 (4) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni3 | 106.97 (4) |
Ni3vii—Ni2—Tb2ix | 60.877 (16) | Ni2—Ni4—Ni3 | 54.49 (5) |
Ni3—Ni2—Tb2ix | 119.09 (4) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Ni3 | 107.02 (4) |
Ni2iii—Ni2—Tb2ix | 66.40 (3) | Ni2iii—Ni4—Ni3 | 107.02 (4) |
Ni2iv—Ni2—Tb2ix | 113.64 (3) | Ni3xxvii—Ni4—Ni3 | 120.0 |
Ni2i—Ni2—Tb2ix | 66.36 (3) | Ni1—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 106.97 (4) |
Ni2ii—Ni2—Tb2ix | 113.60 (3) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 106.97 (4) |
Tb2viii—Ni2—Tb2ix | 106.52 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 53.98 (4) |
Tb2v—Ni2—Tb2ix | 179.95 (6) | Ni2—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 107.02 (4) |
Tb2vi—Ni2—Tb2ix | 73.48 (2) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 54.49 (5) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni1i | 60.92 (5) | Ni2iii—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 107.02 (4) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni1ii | 60.92 (5) | Ni3xxvii—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 120.0 |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni1ii | 60.92 (5) | Ni3—Ni4—Ni3xxviii | 120.0 |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni2i | 146.063 (17) | Ni1—Ni4—Tb2v | 75.42 (2) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni2i | 108.58 (4) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Tb2v | 128.83 (6) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni2i | 146.064 (17) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Tb2v | 75.42 (2) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni2ii | 146.063 (17) | Ni2—Ni4—Tb2v | 70.60 (2) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni2ii | 146.063 (17) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Tb2v | 70.60 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni2ii | 108.58 (4) | Ni2iii—Ni4—Tb2v | 122.70 (6) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Ni2ii | 60.54 (6) | Ni3xxvii—Ni4—Tb2v | 177.19 (7) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni2 | 108.58 (4) | Ni3—Ni4—Tb2v | 60.049 (2) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni2 | 146.063 (17) | Ni3xxviii—Ni4—Tb2v | 60.049 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni2 | 146.063 (17) | Ni1—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 128.83 (6) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Ni2 | 60.54 (6) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 75.42 (2) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Ni2 | 60.54 (6) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 75.42 (2) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni4x | 107.11 (4) | Ni2—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 122.70 (6) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni4x | 54.28 (4) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 70.60 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni4x | 107.11 (4) | Ni2iii—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 70.60 (2) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Ni4x | 54.30 (5) | Ni3xxvii—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 60.048 (2) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Ni4x | 106.83 (4) | Ni3—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 177.19 (7) |
Ni2—Ni3—Ni4x | 106.83 (4) | Ni3xxviii—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 60.049 (2) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni4xi | 107.11 (4) | Tb2v—Ni4—Tb2xxix | 119.745 (6) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni4xi | 107.11 (4) | Ni1—Ni4—Tb2vi | 75.42 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni4xi | 54.28 (4) | Ni1iii—Ni4—Tb2vi | 75.42 (2) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Ni4xi | 106.83 (4) | Ni1iv—Ni4—Tb2vi | 128.83 (6) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Ni4xi | 54.30 (5) | Ni2—Ni4—Tb2vi | 70.60 (2) |
Ni2—Ni3—Ni4xi | 106.83 (4) | Ni2iv—Ni4—Tb2vi | 122.70 (6) |
Ni4x—Ni3—Ni4xi | 120.0 | Ni2iii—Ni4—Tb2vi | 70.60 (2) |
Ni1—Ni3—Ni4 | 54.28 (4) | Ni3xxvii—Ni4—Tb2vi | 60.049 (2) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Ni4 | 107.11 (4) | Ni3—Ni4—Tb2vi | 60.049 (2) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Ni4 | 107.11 (4) | Ni3xxviii—Ni4—Tb2vi | 177.19 (7) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Ni4 | 106.83 (4) | Tb2v—Ni4—Tb2vi | 119.743 (6) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Ni4 | 106.83 (4) | Tb2xxix—Ni4—Tb2vi | 119.743 (6) |
Ni2—Ni3—Ni4 | 54.30 (5) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Ni1xxxi | 59.12 (4) |
Ni4x—Ni3—Ni4 | 120.0 | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Ni1iv | 120.88 (4) |
Ni4xi—Ni3—Ni4 | 120.0 | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Ni1iv | 180.00 (2) |
Ni1—Ni3—Tb2v | 75.55 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Ni1iii | 120.88 (4) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Tb2v | 128.85 (6) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Ni1iii | 120.88 (4) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Tb2v | 75.55 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Ni1iii | 59.12 (4) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Tb2v | 122.57 (6) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Ni1xxxii | 59.12 (4) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Tb2v | 70.52 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Ni1xxxii | 59.12 (4) |
Ni2—Ni3—Tb2v | 70.52 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Ni1xxxii | 120.88 (4) |
Ni4x—Ni3—Tb2v | 176.87 (7) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Ni1xxxii | 180.00 (2) |
Ni4xi—Ni3—Tb2v | 60.039 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Ni1 | 180.0 |
Ni4—Ni3—Tb2v | 60.040 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Ni1 | 120.88 (4) |
Ni1—Ni3—Tb2xii | 128.85 (6) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Ni1 | 59.12 (4) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Tb2xii | 75.55 (2) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Ni1 | 59.12 (4) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Tb2xii | 75.55 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Ni1 | 120.88 (4) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Tb2xii | 70.52 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 61.922 (12) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Tb2xii | 70.52 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 61.922 (12) |
Ni2—Ni3—Tb2xii | 122.57 (6) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 118.078 (12) |
Ni4x—Ni3—Tb2xii | 60.039 (2) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 68.92 (3) |
Ni4xi—Ni3—Tb2xii | 60.040 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 111.08 (3) |
Ni4—Ni3—Tb2xii | 176.87 (7) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1xxxiii | 118.078 (12) |
Tb2v—Ni3—Tb2xii | 119.725 (6) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1v | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1—Ni3—Tb2vi | 75.55 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1v | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1i—Ni3—Tb2vi | 75.55 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1v | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1ii—Ni3—Tb2vi | 128.85 (6) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1v | 111.08 (3) |
Ni2i—Ni3—Tb2vi | 70.52 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1v | 68.92 (3) |
Ni2ii—Ni3—Tb2vi | 122.57 (6) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1v | 61.922 (12) |
Ni2—Ni3—Tb2vi | 70.52 (2) | Tb1xxxiii—Ni5—Tb1v | 180.00 (2) |
Ni4x—Ni3—Tb2vi | 60.039 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1vii | 111.08 (3) |
Ni4xi—Ni3—Tb2vi | 176.87 (7) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1vii | 61.922 (12) |
Ni4—Ni3—Tb2vi | 60.040 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1vii | 118.078 (12) |
Tb2v—Ni3—Tb2vi | 119.725 (6) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1vii | 118.078 (12) |
Tb2xii—Ni3—Tb2vi | 119.724 (6) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1vii | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xiv | 51.68 (5) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1vii | 68.92 (3) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xv | 98.43 (2) | Tb1xxxiii—Ni5—Tb1vii | 114.616 (9) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xv | 52.01 (5) | Tb1v—Ni5—Tb1vii | 65.384 (9) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xvi | 121.92 (4) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 68.92 (3) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xvi | 98.43 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1xvi | 51.68 (5) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xvii | 52.01 (5) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xvii | 98.43 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1xvii | 121.92 (4) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 111.08 (3) |
Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni1xvii | 98.43 (2) | Tb1xxxiii—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 65.384 (9) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni1xviii | 98.43 (2) | Tb1v—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 114.616 (9) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni1xviii | 121.92 (4) | Tb1vii—Ni5—Tb1xxix | 180.00 (2) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni1xviii | 98.43 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1vi | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni1xviii | 52.01 (5) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1vi | 68.92 (3) |
Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni1xviii | 51.68 (5) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1vi | 111.08 (3) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni5xv | 96.49 (2) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1vi | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni5xv | 51.64 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1vi | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni5xv | 51.64 (2) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1vi | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni5xv | 96.49 (2) | Tb1xxxiii—Ni5—Tb1vi | 65.385 (9) |
Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni5xv | 148.32 (2) | Tb1v—Ni5—Tb1vi | 114.615 (9) |
Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni5xv | 148.32 (2) | Tb1vii—Ni5—Tb1vi | 65.385 (9) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni5xix | 148.32 (2) | Tb1xxix—Ni5—Tb1vi | 114.615 (9) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni5xix | 148.32 (2) | Ni1xxx—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 61.922 (12) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni5xix | 96.49 (2) | Ni1xxxi—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 111.08 (3) |
Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni5xix | 51.64 (2) | Ni1iv—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 68.92 (3) |
Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni5xix | 96.49 (2) | Ni1iii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xviii—Tb1—Ni5xix | 51.64 (2) | Ni1xxxii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 61.922 (12) |
Ni5xv—Tb1—Ni5xix | 114.616 (9) | Ni1—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 118.078 (12) |
Ni1xiii—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 51.64 (2) | Tb1xxxiii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 114.615 (9) |
Ni1xiv—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 96.49 (2) | Tb1v—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 65.385 (9) |
Ni1xv—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 148.32 (2) | Tb1vii—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 114.615 (9) |
Ni1xvi—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 148.32 (2) | Tb1xxix—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 65.385 (9) |
Ni1xvii—Tb1—Ni5xvii | 51.64 (2) | Tb1vi—Ni5—Tb1xxxiv | 180.00 (2) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+y, −x+1, z; (ii) −y+1, x−y+1, z; (iii) −y, x−y, z; (iv) −x+y, −x, z; (v) −x+1, −y+1, z−1/2; (vi) −x, −y+1, z−1/2; (vii) x, y, −z+1/2; (viii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (ix) −x, −y+1, −z+1; (x) x, y+1, z; (xi) x+1, y+1, z; (xii) −x+1, −y+2, z−1/2; (xiii) x−y+1, x+1, z+1/2; (xiv) y, −x+y+1, z+1/2; (xv) −x, −y+1, z+1/2; (xvi) x−y, x, z+1/2; (xvii) −x+1, −y+1, z+1/2; (xviii) y, −x+y, z+1/2; (xix) −x, −y, z+1/2; (xx) −x+y, −x+1, −z+1/2; (xxi) −y+1, x−y+1, −z+1/2; (xxii) −x+1, −y+2, z+1/2; (xxiii) y, −x+y+1, −z+1; (xxiv) x−y, x, −z+1; (xxv) x−y+1, x+1, −z+1; (xxvi) y, −x+y, −z+1; (xxvii) x−1, y−1, z; (xxviii) x, y−1, z; (xxix) −x, −y, z−1/2; (xxx) −x, −y, −z; (xxxi) x−y, x, −z; (xxxii) y, −x+y, −z; (xxxiii) x−1, y−1, −z+1/2; (xxxiv) x, y−1, −z+1/2. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | Tb1.96Ni7 |
Mr | 722.72 |
Crystal system, space group | Hexagonal, P63/mmc |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, c (Å) | 4.944 (1), 24.129 (6) |
V (Å3) | 510.8 (2) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 51.78 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.05 × 0.04 × 0.04 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.50, 0.74 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7652, 422, 313 |
Rint | 0.073 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.761 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.025, 0.041, 1.07 |
No. of reflections | 422 |
No. of parameters | 27 |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 1.51, −1.76 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2007), SAINT (Bruker, 2007), SIR2011 (Burla et al., 2012), SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2008) and WinGX (Farrugia, 2012), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2006), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
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A lot of works have been published about R2Ni7 stoichiometry compounds (R = rare earth element) (see, Lemaire et al., 1967; Lemaire & Paccard, 1969; Virkar & Raman, 1969; Buschow & van der Goot, 1970) with either β-Gd2Co7 (Bertaut et al., 1965) or Ce2Ni7 (Cromer & Larson, 1959) structure types. According to Virkar & Raman (1969) the high-temperature modifications adopt the rhombohedral β-Gd2Co7 type structure whereas the low-temperature phases are isomorphic with Ce2Ni7. On the other hand, Lemaire et al. (1967) observed the coexistence of both modifications even in annealed at 1373 K samples for Pr2Ni7, Nd2Ni7, Gd2Ni7, Tb2Ni7, and Dy2Ni7. Buschow & van der Goot (1970) investigated series of R2Ni7 compounds and concluded the crystal structures of the R2Ni7 compounds are dependent on the R atom size. The transformation between these two polymorphic forms is of a martensitic type.
Our research work mainly deals with the heavy rare earth – transition metal (R–T) systems. And the crystal structures of the compounds forming in such systems are of the most interest. Investigation of the Tb–Ni system at 1070 K resulted in good agreement with the literature data for unit cell parameters for all compounds obtained from powder X-ray diffraction using starting coordinates of appropriate structure types. It was noted there is no any information in literature about crystal structure refinement of heavy rare earth R2Ni7 compounds. Our recent work was devoted to the refinement of the Dy2Ni7 compound, which crystal stucture is isomorphous with β-Gd2Co7 (see, Levytskyy et al., 2012). In present study the crystal structure of Tb2Ni7 was redetermined with high accurracy using single-crystal X-ray method.
The structure is characterized by two independent terbium atom sites (both 4f Wyckoff positions) and five nickel atom sites (12k, 6h, 4f, 4e and 2a). The unit cell of diterbium heptanickel is shown in Fig. 1. The structure may be viewed as staking of RT5 blocks corresponding to the CaCu5-type and R2T4 blocks corresponding to the MgCu2-type structures. The presence of the same Kagome net in the structure types of CaCu5 and the Laves phase MgCu2 allows a combination of both structural motifs along the 63 screw axis giving an intergrowth structure: 4RT5 + 2R2T4 = 4R2T7 (Parthé et al., 1985; Grin, 1992).
In Fig. 2 the ab projection of the unit cell and the coordination polyhedra for all atom types are shown. The coordination number for all Ni atoms is 12. The coordination polyhedra are Frank–Kasper icosahedra. The Ni1 atom (Wyckoff site 12k, site symmetry. m.) is surrounded by 5 Tb atoms and 7 Ni atoms. The Ni2 atom (Wyckoff site 6h, site symmetry mm2) is surrounded by 4 Tb atoms and 8 Ni atoms. The Ni3 and Ni4 atoms (Wyckof sites 4f and 4e, site symmetries 3m.) are surrounded by 3 Tb atoms and 9 Ni atoms. The Ni5 (Wyckoff site 2a, site symmetry 3m.) is surrounded by 6 Tb and 6 Ni atoms. The coordination polyhedra for Tb1 and Tb2 atoms (Wyckoff sites 4f, site symmetries 3m.) are a Frank–Kasper polyhedron (coordination number 16) and a pseudo Frank–Kasper polyhedron (coordination number 20), respectively. The Tb1 atom is surrounded by 4 Tb atoms and 12 Ni atoms. The Tb2 atom is surrounded by 2 Tb atoms and 18 Ni atoms.