Inorganic Solid Phases

Ba8Cu6Ge40 (Ba4Cu3Ge20 rt, T = 300 K) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): Ba4Cu3Ge20 rt
  • Structure Class(es): clathrate
  • Classification by Properties: diamagnetic, ferromagnet FM, semiconductor, semimetal
  • Mineral Name(s): –
  • Pearson Symbol: cP54
  • Space Group: 223
  • Phase Prototype: Na4Si23
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer (determination of cell parameters), automatic diffractometer; Bruker AXS APEX II (determination of structural parameters), X-rays, Mo Kα (determination of cell and structural parameters), T = 300 K (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): intermetallic
  • Interpretation Detail(s): complete structure determined; temperature dependence studied, full-matrix least-squares refinement; 585 reflections; F > 4σ(F), R = 0.0320; wR = 0.132
  • Sample Detail(s): sample prepared from Ba6Ge25, Cu, Ge, single crystal (determination of cell and structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: Ba4Cu3Ge20
  • Alphabetic Formula: Ba4Cu3Ge20
  • Published Formula: Ba8Cu6Ge40
  • Refined Formula: Ba4Cu3Ge20
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 223,k2ica
  • Z Formula Units: 2
  • Density: ρ = 5.86 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

Published Data
Standardized Data
Unit Cell
Niggli-Reduced Cell
Space Group
a
b
c
α
β
γ
a/b
b/c
c/a
V

Atom Coordinates

Standardized

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation
Co-ord. No.
Atomic Env.

Published

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation

Displacement Parameters

Isotropic

Site
Published
U [nm2]
Type
Computed
Beq [nm2]

Anisotropic

Site
U11 [nm2]
U22 [nm2]
U33 [nm2]
U12 [nm2]
U13 [nm2]
U23 [nm2]

Experimental Details

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  • Database name

    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1930928

  • Copyright

    ©Springer & Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Switzerland & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2016

  • Chief Editor

    Pierre Villars, Material Phases Data System (MPDS), CH-6354 Vitznau, Switzerland

    villars.mpds@bluewin.ch

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    SpringerMaterials Release 2016.

    Data generated pre-2002: © Springer & MPDS & NIMS; post-2001: © Springer & MPDS

    All Rights Reserved. Version 2016.10.

    Project Coordinator: Shuichi Iwata

    Section-Editor: Karin Cenzual (Crystal Structures)

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