Inorganic Solid Phases

Nb0.64Si0.14B0.22 (Nb5SiB2) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): Nb5SiB2
  • Structure Class(es): –
  • Classification by Properties: superconductor
  • Mineral Name(s): –
  • Pearson Symbol: tI32
  • Space Group: 140
  • Phase Prototype: Mo5SiB2
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer (determination of cell parameters), automatic diffractometer; Brazil, Campinas, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, D12A-XRD1 beamline (determination of structural parameters), X-rays, synchrotron; λ = 0.12644 nm (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): boride
  • Interpretation Detail(s): complete structure determined; composition dependence studied, Rietveld refinement, multiphase, RB = 0.065
  • Sample Detail(s): sample prepared from Nb, Si, B, amounts of bcc (9(1) wt.%) and unidentified phases, powder (determination of cell and structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: Nb5Si1.17B1.83
  • Alphabetic Formula: B1.83Nb5Si1.17
  • Published Formula: Nb0.64Si0.14B0.22
  • Refined Formula: B1.84Nb5Si1.16
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 140,lhca
  • Z Formula Units: 4
  • Density: ρ = 7.48 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

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Niggli-Reduced Cell
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Atom Coordinates

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Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
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Atomic Env.

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Experimental Details

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  • Database name

    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1934233

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    ©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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