The unusual morphological structure of the aging products of coprecipitated Fe(III)-Al(III) hydroxides

Aluminum-substituted hematite ( ^*-Fe₂O₃) with an unusual morphological structure is formed upon the aging of coprecipitated Fe(III)-Al(III) hydroxides with excess Fe(III). The crystals of this hematite are found in separate layers and includes seams of an aluminum-containing phase. In samples with excess Al(III) content, the ^*-Fe₂O₃ crystals are found as seams in mixed aggregates of boehmite and ^*-Fe₂O₃.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 931–933, April, 1990.     

Anion Transport in BaR2F8 Crystals at Elevated Temperatures

Electroconduction of BaR₂F₈ crystals (R = Y_0.9Er_0.1, Y_0.5Yb_0.5, Er_0.945Tm_0.05Ho_0.005) with the structure -BaTm₂F₈ (monoclinic syngony, spatial group C2/m) is studied at 323–1073 K. Effect of partial pyrohydrolysis on the conduction of Ba(Y, Er)₂F₈ single crystals is investigated. Anion conductivity of crystals of Ba(Y, Yb)₂F₈ and Ba(Er, Tm, Ho)₂F₈ is measured at high temperatures. To a first approximation, there is no change in the ion transport mechanism in these crystals at elevated temperatures. Charge carriers in BaR₂F₈ crystals are, most probably, fluorine vacancies, and the anion conductivity reaches 1–2 mS cm^–1 at 1073 K.     

CPS K 843 Radiation-induced crosslinking: Effect on structure of polyethylene

Branched polyethylene irradiated (0–400 Mrad) with a Co⁶⁰ source at room temperature under vacuum was studied by density, wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS) measurements. The radiation effects on the structure of bulk, branched polyethylene are quite similar to those observed by others on single crystals or oriented preparations. These effects include changes in bulk density, crystallinity(w _c orv _c) and¯d ₁₀₀ and¯d ₂₀₀ spacings as a function of irradiation. A decrease in crystallinity is seen to begin at radiation dose 100 Mrad whereas lattice expansion indicating onset of an orthorhombic-hexagonal transition can begin as low as 10 Mrads. The decrease in crystallinity can be attributed to additional lattice distortions primarily introduced by the crosslinks occurring at the lateral grain boundaries, while lattice expansion can be associated with the same crosslinking mechanism which begins at the defects both within the crystals as well as those outside the crystals at the lateral grain boundaries. Strong evidence for a primary crosslinking-at-the-defects mechanism has also come from _c and _a data obtained in this study as a function of radiation dose. The same data have also led to an excellent correspondence between the measured density crystallinityv _c and the measured WAXS crystallinityw _c. Without consideration of the effects of crosslinks on _c and _a one would have obtained a divergence of the two crystallinities, especially at radiation doses greater than 100 Mrads.Dedicated Prof. Dr. R. Bonart on the occasion of his 60^th birthday     

Growth and Structure of Lanthanum Polysulfide Crystals

Single crystals of lanthanum polysulfide were grown under nearly equilibrium conditions according to the P _S ndash;T–x diagram of the LaS_1.5–LaS₂ system described in the literature, and quenched from a temperature of 820°C. The structure of these crystals was determined. Their compositions are LaS_1.96(2) and LaS_2.00(2). The crystals of both compositions belong to the rhombic Pnma space group with a slight variation in lattice parameters in the ranges a = 8.133–8.124, b = 16.345–16.334, and c = 4.128–4.131. The nonstoichiometric polysulfide LaS_1.96 is treated as a spatially averaged, disordered individual phase. Arguments are given that these polysulfide phases have compositions intermediate between LaS_1.5 and LaS₂.     

Die Kristallstruktur des Calciumazid-Dihydrates

Single crystals of Ca(N₃)₂·2 H₂O have been prepared from aqueous solutions at room temperature. The crystals are monoclinic,a=1 159.0 (3),b=614.2 (2),c=785.5 (2) pm, =106.52 (2)°,Z=4, space group P2₁/n. The crystal structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction (1 109 Mo-K-reflexions,R=0.052). Calcium atoms are surrounded by four azide groups and four water molecules. The coordination polyhedra are antiprism which are sharing azide groups and water molecules to form layers. The lattice constants and powder pattern agree well with values reported earlier for Ca(N₃)₂ · 1.5 H₂O [1]. It was also shown, that Sr(N₃)₂ · 2 H₂O is isotypic with Ca(N₃)₂ · 2 H₂O.

     

Spectra of optical phonons and low-energy electronic transitions in C60/TMPD and C60/TPA single crystals

Single Crystals of C₆₀/TMPD and C₆₀/TPA have been grown from a chlorobenzene solution. Optical transmission spectra of single crystals of fullerene complexes withN,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD) and triphenylamine (TPA) are studied in the spectral range from 600 to 16000 cm^–1. Splitting of the intramolecular vibration of C₆₀ is observed at 1428 cm^–1, which is likely caused by freezing of the rotation of the C₆₀ molecules due to their interaction with amines. Single crystals of C₆₀/TMPD differ from those of C₆₀/TPA by a decrease in the vibration frequency at 1428 cm^–1, vibrations of the C-C bonds of the TMPD molecule, and the redistribution of the forces of the oscillators of the vibrations of the C-N bonds. These peculiarities are interpreted to be the result of partial electron transfer from TMPD to C₆₀ in the C₆₀/TMPD single crystals. The electron transfer in the C₆₀/TPA system is less pronounced.Translated fromIzvestiya akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1459–1464, June, 1996     

Recovery of host crystals from inclusion crystals of <Emphasis Type="Italic">p-tert-</Emphasis>butylcalix[4]arene and <Emphasis Type="Italic">p-tert</Emphasis>-butylthiacalix[4]arene by the treatment with a solvent and/or supercritical CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Upon stirring inclusion crystals of p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene (2) in solvents with heating, guest compounds were efficiently desorbed to yield guest-free crystals. More specifically, upon treatment with methanol, the exchange of guest compounds with methanol in the crystals, followed by the desorption of the methanol afforded metastable host crystals 2β, whereas, upon treatment with heptane, the dissolution of the inclusion crystals and simultaneous crystallization of compound 2 afforded stable host crystals 2α. Further, a host crystal of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene (1) was recovered by the treatment of 2:1 (host/guest) inclusion crystals of compound 1 with supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂), and through the combination of the guest exchange of 1:1 inclusion crystals of compound 1 with hexane and scCO₂ treatment of the resulting 2:1 inclusion crystals 1₂·hexane. Although the recovered host crystal of compound 1 contained a small amount of CO₂, it could be reused for the inclusion of organic compounds.     

Superacid Univalent Metal Phosphites (MH2PO3)2· H3PO3 (M = Rb,Tl(I)) and MH2PO3· H3PO3(M = K,Cs): Synthesis and Structure

By reacting the K, Rb, Cs, or Tl carbonates with excess phosphoric acid, crystals of superacid phosphites, namely, (RbH₂PO₃)₂· H₃PO₃(I), (TlH₂PO₃)₂· H₃PO₃(II), KH₂PO₃· H₃PO₃(III), -CsH₂PO₃· H₃PO₃(IV), and -CsH₂PO₃· H₃PO₃(V), were synthesized. Their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis at 150 K. Crystals I: triclinic system, space group , a= 7.713(2) Å, b= 8.679(3) Å, c= 9.235(3) Å, = 79.36(3)°, = 67.60(2)°, = 88.13(3)°, R ₁= 0.0252; crystals II: triclinic system, space group , a= 7.690(3) Å, b= 8.494(3) Å, c= 9.292(4) Å, = 79.48(3)°, = 66.72(3)°, = 85.45(3)°, R ₁= 0.0485; crystals III: monoclinic system, space group P2₁/c, a= 8.726(3) Å, b= 12.182(4) Å, c= 6.354(2) Å, = 104.14(3)°, R ₁= 0.0241; crystals IV: orthorhombic system, space group P2₁2₁2₁, a= 6.033(1) Å, b= 6.444(1) Å, c= 18.345(4) Å, R ₁= 0.0172; crystals Vare monoclinic, space group C2/c, a= 9.990(3) Å, b= 12.197(4) Å, c= 6.866(2) Å. = 118.14(3)°, R ₁= 0.0181. The hydrogen bonding systems form corrugated bands (Iand II), bent layers (III), individual tubes with rectangular cross sections (V), or a three-dimensional framework (IV). A comparative analysis of the crystal structures of acid phosphites with different compositions was performed.     

Single crystal growth,morphology, and structure of ZSM-39 and its variation CF-4

Single crystals of ZSM-39 and its variation CF-4 were crystallized with various habits. The crystals had a size up to 450 m and were hydrothermally grown over a period of 8 to 72 days from a gel system consisting of amine-alcohol-SiO₂–H₂O at 200°C. The amines used were MA (methylamine), TMEDA (N,N,N,N-tetramethylenediamine), TMAOH, TEAOH, isopropylamine,tert-butylamine, hexahydropyridine,n-propylamine, andN,N-dimethylethanolamine. The alcohols used were glycerine, ethylene glycol, and 1,3-propanediol. The highest quality crystals of ZSM-39 were grown in a system of MA–SiO₂–H₂O, and CF-4, in the MA-glycerine-SiO₂–H₂O system. The optical properties of these crystals were observed and crystal structures were measured from both powder and single crystal diffraction data.     

Synthesis,structure, and characterization of Cu4S10(4-methylpyridine)4

The title compound, Cu₄S₁₀(4-methylpyridine)₄ · 4-methylpyridine was prepared by three different reactions: the oxidation of copper power by sulfur and the reaction of copper (I) sulfide (or CuBr-SMe₂) with cues sulfur, both in the coordinating solvent, 4-methylpyridine. Red crystals of the compound obtained by layering with hexans were subjected to single crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure was refined toR=0.026 and R _w =0.036 in a space groupP1bar (No. 2), withZ=2,a=13.983 (2) A,b=15.384( 2) Å,c=9.660 (1) Å, = 93.87 (1)°,=93.38 ==(1)°,V=2037.9 (9) ų. The commpound has approximate S₄ symmetry and consists of two pentasuffide chains linking four Cu(I) ions, each with a coordinating 2-methylpyridine. The infrared spectrum was dominated by absorption due to coodinated 4-methylpyridine with several low-energy peaks attributable to S-S stretches, which were also observed by Raman spectroscopy. A featureless electronic absorption spectrum yielded a single peak in the mar ultraviolet upon computer enhancement (=334 nm, = 10,000), most likely an intraligand transition. Cyclic voltammetry indicates that the polysulfide complex undergoes irreversible oxidation and reduction at +0.04 and –0.34 V vs. SCR respectively, at NS K in 4-methylpyridine when swept at 20 mV/sec. The electrochemical behavior was unvaried even at sweep rates as high as 100 V/sec.     

Effect of γ-irradiation on conductivity of cadmium-mercury-tellurium single crystals in weak and strong electric fields

The effect of γ-radiation on electrical conductivity of Cd _x Hg_{1 ? x} Te (0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.95) single crystals in weak and strong electric fields has been investigated. It has been shown that at relatively low fields in which charge carriers are still warm, the dependence (Δσ/σ₀) ～ E ² is observed because of the dominance of scattering on acoustic lattice vibrations with the increasing electric field strength; with a further increase in the field strength, the carriers become hot and the dependence of σ upon E becomes linear. The effect of irradiation by Γ-rays on the dependence of σ upon E in these samples is explained by a significant concentration of the intrinsic impurity centers in the crystals and their redistribution with the increasing radiation dose.     

Crystal morphology of the γ (triclinic) phase of isotactic polypropylene and its relation to the α phase

γ-phase crystals of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) obtained from low-molecular-weight extracts of pyrolyzed polymers are examined by electron microscopy and electron diffraction. γ-phase crystals differ from α-phase crystals in three important respects: (i) they are elongated along the b^* rather than the a^* axis, (ii) the chain axis is inclined at 50° to the lamellar surface (indexed as 101) rather than normal to it, and (iii) they show screw dislocations, while α crystals do not. γ crystals are nucleated on the lateral (010) faces of a α crystals; the b_α and b axes are parallel. Virtually no nucleation of the α phase takes place on the γ phase, which is therefore not involved in the repetitive lamellar branching leading to iPP quadrites. Crystallization of the γ phase appears to be favored by or linked to the absence of chain folds and may be involved in the macroscopic curvature of iPP branches.     

Structure of Organic Crystals with Molecules Lying on Twofold Crystallographic Axes. Structural Class P21212, Z = 2(2)

Molecular arrangement in crystals of a rare structural class P2₁2₁2, Z = 2(2), with molecules occupying a system of special positions on 2 axes is considered. The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) contains 58 organic crystal substances belonging to this class; 54 of these have clear-cut chains P_c2, Z = 1(2) (shashlyks) and form two subclasses. In crystals of the first subclass (23 representatives), there are layers possessing one of two remarkable features: molecules in a layer have an extraordinarily high molecular coordination number (m.c.n. is 8 in a layer), or molecules in a layer are linked by halogen...halogen specific short contacts (m.c.n. in a layer equals 4). In crystals of the second subclass (31 representative), layers are absent, and the structure is formed directly from chains.     

Tetramethylammonium-calcium-triazid. Darstellung und Kristallstruktur

[N(CH₃)₄]Ca(N₃)₃,M=240.29, was prepared from aqueous solutions of tetramethylammoniumazide with calciumazide at 298 K. The crystals are tetragonala=936.6(7) pm,c=694.7(5)pm, space group P4/nmm,Z=2, (x)=1.31Mgm^–3. The crystal structure was determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction (234 Mo-K-reflections, =0.469 mm^–1,R=0.064). Calcium is octahedrally coordinated to six azide groups. The octahedra are connected via azide groups to a threedimensional array with the complex ammonium ions between. The terminal nitrogen atoms of the azide groups and the methyl groups are considerably disordered.

     

Structure of Complexes Formed in the CuX2–Cu–N-Allylisoquinolinium Chloride System (X = Cl,Br)

The crystals of N-allylisoquinolinium chlorides of the compositions [C₉H₇N(C₃H₅)]₂Cu^IICl₄ (I), [C₉H₇N(C₃H₅)]Cu^ICl₂ · H₂O (II), and [C₉H₇N(C₃H₅)]Cu^ICl_1.43Br_0.57 · H₂O (III) were prepared by alternating-current electrosynthesis. X-ray diffraction analysis (using diffractometer models DARCH1 for I, STOE for II, and KUMA/CCD for III, MoK radiation) showed that the crystals of I are monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, a = 14.91(1) Å, b = 10.41(1) Å, c = 16.90(1) Å, = 109.73(8)°, V = 2470(8) ų, Z = 4. The crystals of isostructural compounds II and III are triclinic, space group P, Z = 2; crystals II: a = 7.2446(6) Å, b = 7.4379(6) Å, c = 12.110(1) Å, = 80.95(1)°, = 85.55(1)°, = 86.60(1)°, V = 641.8(2) ų; crystals III: a = 7.253(2) Å, b = 7.459(4) Å, c = 12.151(5) Å, = 80.82(4)°, = 83.73(3)°, = 86.81(4)°, V = 644.6(9) ų. The structure of I is composed of Cu^IICl₄ ^2– tetrahedra and N-allylisoquinolinium cations united by C–H···Cl hydrogen bonds in corrugated layers. The crystal structures of -complexesII and III are built of [C₉H₇(C₃H₅)]₂Cu₂ ^IX₄ dimers, which form layers along the c axis due to the C–H···X hydrogen bonds. An important role in the structure formation is played by water molecules, which crosslink the organometallic layers to form a three-dimensional framework through the O–H···X contacts.     

Molecular architecture of copper (I) thiometallates: synthesis and characterization of [ReS4Cu3Cl5]3-, a geometry derived from the single cubane-like structure

The new rhenium-copper heteronuclear complex [NEt₄]₃[ReS₄C₃Cl₅]2, was obtained as black crystals in 65% yield, from the reaction of [NEt₄[[ReS₄], [NEt₄][CuCl₂], and [NEt₄][Cl] at - 20°C in acetone, while at room temperature without additional chloride [NEt₄]₂[ReS₄Cu₃Cl₄]1 crystallized as black crystals in 60% yield. Crystal data for2: space group Pl,a=10.331(4) A,b=14.261(2) A,c= I4.458(3) A, =78.55(1)°, =81.83(3)°, =83.66(3)°,Z=2, 6480 reflections;R=0.058. For1: space group C2/c,a=20.969(5)A,b=12.955(5)A,c=22.827(8)A, =91.16(2)°, Z=8, 3208 reflections,R = 0.052, The geometry of2 can be viewed as restllting from the opening of the cubane-like structure of1.     

Gossypol Clathrates. Structure of a Gossypol Complex with Isobutylacetate

The natural compound gossypol forms stable clathrates with isobutylacetate. The clathrates were investigated by X-ray diffractometry. The crystallographic parameters of single crystals were determined and refined using 15 reflections on a Syntex P2₁ four-circle automatic diffractometer. The crystals are monoclinic, C₃₀H₃₀O₈·0.5C₆H₁₂O₂, a = 11.444(2), b = 30.724(5), c = 16.521(3) , = 88.17°, V = 5805.9(17) ³, M = 1153.24, Z = 4, d _calc = 1.32 g/cm³, space group , R = 0.047 for 4686 reflections. The clathrates are not isostructural to any of the previously prepared guest–host complexes, although there are many common features between the structure of the given solvate and the gossypol clathrate and the unbranched analog of isobutylacetate.     

X-ray Diffraction Structural Study of Acid Pyridinium Hexamolybdochromate(III)

Acid pyridinium hexamolybdochromate(III) (₅₅NH)H₂[CrMo₆O₁₈(OH)₆] · 6H₂O was synthesized and structurally characterized. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, a = 11.400(2) Å, b = 11.165(2) Å, c = 11.665(2) Å, = 104.39(3)°, Z = 2, _calcd = 2.789 g/cm³.     

Folded chain crystals as micro-phases

Summary A thermodynamic treatment of homo-polymer systems out of linear chains with folded chain crystals is developed outgoing from appropriate models for single component systems. An expansion of thermodynamics to multi-micro-phase systems the structure of which is partially or totaly frozen is indispensable. General properties of melt crystallized homopolymers with folded chain crystals can be recognized indeed when the thermodynamic formalisms developed are applied.

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Zusammenfassung Das Schmelzen in polymeren Einteilchensystemen mit Faltungskristallen einheitlicher Dicke kann thermodynamisch als Umwandlung 1. Ordnung in einer Richtung behandelt werden, wenn die Faltungslänge bis zur Umwandlungstemperatur konstant bleibt (Faltungslänge als innerer Zusatzparameter). Eine wesentliche begriffliche Erweiterung ist für eine phänomenologische Beschreibung mit den Mitteln der Thermodynamik unumgänglich, wenn eine Faltungskristallit-Dickenverteilung existiert, weil dann prinzipiell nur noch partielle Koexistenz bestimmter Fraktionen metastabiler autonomer Mikrophasen mit der Schmelze möglich ist. Partielles Aufschmelzen und Rektistallisation können so dann auch in Betracht genommen werden. Die entwickelten Konzeptionen bewähren sich in der Anwendung auf bekannte Experimente.

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Notation g ^c (y);g ^m (Y) molar Gibbs-free energy of a chain of a lengthy within an extended chain crystal and the melt rsp - g _o ^c ;g _o ^m molar free enthalpy of the unit in the crystal lattice and the melt rsp - g(y,y, f) molar Gibbs-function of an ideally folded chain crystal with the fold heighty _f - gco(y, y _ef,y _f) molar free enthalpy of the crystal corey _co - g ₀ ^ex ((y_ef) excess free enthalpy of the longitudinal layers of folded chain crystals - g ^f(y_ef,g _o ^ex ) molar free enthalpy of the longitudinal layers of the folded chain crystals - g ^tot molar free enthalpy of a chain of the lengthy within a folded chain crystal with longitudinal layers - h _o ^1c ,h _o ^m molar enthalpy of the chain unit within the crystal lattice and the melt rsp - h =h _o ^m -h _o ^c molar heat of fusion of the unit - C _p=C _p ^m -C _p ^c difference of the molar specific heat of a unit within the melt and within the chain crystal - h ^D molar defect enthalpy of local defects within the crystal lattice - h ^D molar defect enthalpy of the unit - s _o ^c ,s _o ^m molar entropy of the chain unit within the crystal lattice and the melt rsp - s _c ^m conformational entropy of a chain in the melt - s _gk conformational entropy of a chain of lengthy within a super-lattice as indicated in figure 5, - s molar entropy of fusion of the melt - s _n ^c nematic configurational entropy - T absolute temperature - T _M melting temperature of extended chain crystals of infinite size - T _M(y) melting temperature of extended chain crystals containing only chains of the lengthy - T _M (y, y _f) melting temperatureof folded chain crystals of the thicknessy _f composed of chains of the lengthy - T _M(y _f) melting temperature of folded chain crystals of the thicknessy _fy - _eh excess free enthalpy of the chain ends occupying crystallographic places - _ef excess free enthalpy of a single fold loop - z coordination number of the lattice - 7 Euler's constant - R Boltzmann's constant - y number of chain units - y _f height of lamelliform folded chain crystals - f=(y/y _f - 1) number of fold loops of a chain of a lengthy when being built into a folded chain crystal of the thicknessy _f - y _co thickness of the crystal core of the simplified twophase model - y _et average thickness of the surface layers of folded chain crystals - N _c number of crystallized units of a chain of the lengthy - x _c molar number of crystallized units of a chain of the lengthy - x _nc molar number of noncrystallized units - excess free enthalpy parameter - (y _f) thickness distribution of the fold heightsy _f With 15 figures and 2 tables