• Title of article

    Dehydration synthesis and crystal structure of terbium oxychloride, TbOCl

  • Author/Authors

    Chong, Saehwa Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA , Riley, Brian J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA , Nelson, Zayne J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    6
  • Abstract
    Terbium oxychloride, TbOCl, was synthesized via the simple heat-treatment of TbCl3·6H2O and its structure was determined by refinement against X-ray powder diffraction data. TbOCl crystallizes with the matlockite (PbFCl) structure in the tetra­gonal space group P4/nmm and is composed of alternating (001) layers of (TbO)n and n Cl−. The unit-cell parameters, unit-cell volume, and density were compared to the literature data of other isostructural rare-earth oxychlorides in the same space group and showed good agreement when compared to the calculated trendlines.
  • Keywords
    oxychloride , rare-earth oxyhalide , powder diffraction
  • Journal title
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications
  • Serial Year
    2020
  • Full Text URL
    journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2020/05/00/hb7896/hb7896.pdf
  • Record number

    2624041

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=2624041