Compositionally induced phase transitions and symmetry relations between space groups in the layered system FeIn1−xYxGe2O7

Autor: Ivonne Rosales, Eligio Orozco, Lauro Bucio, Rosario Moreno-Tovar
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials. 74:394-402
ISSN: 2052-5206
DOI: 10.1107/s2052520618009654
Popis: Symmetry reduction in the basic structure of thortveitite-type compound FeInGe2O7–mC22 (C12/m1, No. 12) promoted by the incorporation of yttrium in the formula FeIn1−xYxGe2O7gives rise to a derivative structure called thortveitite-likeAA′Ge2O7–mP44, with symmetry described by the space groupP121/m1 (No. 11) forx= 0.50, 0.75 and 0.90. The structure remains unchanged within the structural type of thortveitite whenx= 0.25. In order to establish structural models for performing a Rietveld refinement to the derivative structure, symmetry relations between space groups connecting the basic and derivative structures were used. The higher contrast to X-rays of Fe3+, In3+and Y3+as well as by the behaviour during the refinements of the isotropic thermal displacements, the values of interatomic distances and calculated bond-valence sums for each atom in the asymmetric unit, were helpful for elucidating the relocation of cations in the different available crystallographic sites generated by the symmetry reduction.
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