Author:
Bagautdinov Bagautdin,Pilz Katrin,Ludecke Jens,van Smaalen Sander
Abstract
Crystalline dicaesium mercury tetrachloride (Cs2HgCl4) is isomorphous with \beta-K_2SO_4 (space group Pnma, Z = 4) in its normal phase at room temperature. On cooling a sequence of incommensurate and commensurate superstructures occurs, below T = 221 K with modulations parallel to a*, and below 184 K with modulations along c*. The commensurately modulated structures at T = 185 K with {\bf q}= {{1}\over{5}}\bf{a}^* and at T = 176 K with {\bf q} = {{1}\over{3}}\bf{c}^* were determined using X-ray scattering with synchrotron radiation. The structure at T = 185 K has superspace group Pnma(\alpha,0,0)0ss with \alpha = 0.2. Lattice parameters were determined as a = 5\times9.7729\kern2pt(1), b = 7.5276\kern2pt(4) and c = 13.3727\kern2pt(7) Å. Structure refinements converged to R = 0.050 (R = 0.042 for 939 main reflections and R = 0.220 for 307 satellites) for the section t = 0.05 of superspace. The fivefold supercell has space group Pn2_1a. The structure at T = 176 K has superspace group Pnma(0,0,\gamma)0s0 with \gamma = {{1}\over{3}}. Lattice parameters were determined as a = 9.789\kern2pt(3), b = 7.541 \kern2pt(3) and c = 3 \times 13.418\kern2pt(4) Å. Structure refinements converged to R = 0.067 (R = 0.048 for 2130 main reflections, and R = 0.135 for 2382 satellite reflections) for the section t = 0. The threefold supercell has space group P112_1/a. It is shown that the structures of both low-temperature phases can be characterized as different superstructures of the periodic room-temperature structure. The superstructure of the 5a-modulated phase is analysed in terms of displacements of the Cs atoms, and rotations and distortions of HgCl4 tetrahedral groups. In the 3c-modulated phase the distortions of the tetrahedra are relaxed, but they are replaced by translations of the tetrahedral groups in addition to rotations.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
Cited by
8 articles.
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