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Crystals of Na2[(UO2)W2O8] and α- and β-modifications of Ag2[(UO2)W2O8] were synthesized by high-temperature solid-state reactions and their structures have been determined. The structure of Na2[(UO2)W2O8] (triclinic, P1, a = 6.6484(6), b = 7.5308(7), c = 8.4869(7) Å, α = 89.952(2), β = 86.190(2), γ = 73.299(2)°, V = 406.02(6) Å3, Z = 2) was solved by direct methods and refined to R1 = 0.043 (wR2 = 0.084). The structure of α-Ag2[(UO2)W2O8] (monoclinic, P21/c, a = 8.4263(7), b = 7.4897(7), c = 12.927(1) Å, β = 95.443(2)24°, V = 812.2(1) Å3, Z = 4) was solved by direct methods and refined to R1 = 0.049 (wR2 = 0.104). The structure of β-Ag2[(UO2)W2O8] (orthorhombic, Pnma, a = 8.6415(6), b = 7.5610(6), c = 12.4513(9) Å, V = 813.6(1) Å3, Z = 4) was solved by direct methods and refined to R1 = 0.059 (wR2 = 0.154). The crystal structures of the compounds are based upon sheets of UrO5 pentagonal bipyramids (Ur = UO22+, uranyl ion) and WO6 octahedra with the composition [(UO2)W2O8]. The UrO5 pentagonal bipyramids share equatorial edges, resulting in chains one polyhedron wide that extend along [010] in all three structures. The WO6 octahedra share corners to form chains of composition [WO5] parallel to [010]. Two adjacent [WO5] chains are linked into double [W2O8] chains by the sharing of edges between WO6 octahedra. The chains of UrO5 bipyramids and the [W2O8] chains are linked into sheets by the sharing of edges between UrO5 bipyramids and WO6 octahedra. The sheets are parallel to (100) in Na2[(UO2)W2O8] and to (001) in α- and β-Ag2[(UO2)W2O8]. Na and Ag are located in the interlayers, and provide linkage of the sheets. Geometrical parameters of the [(UO2)W2O8] sheets in the structures of Na2[(UO2)W2O8] and α- and β-Ag2[(UO2)W2O8] are identical within ∼ 3%, which indicates a relatively rigid sheet. Thus, the role of the interlayer cations is to compensate the charge of the sheet and to link adjacent sheets. The α- and β- modifications of Ag2[(UO2)W2O8] differ only in stacking sequences of uranyl tungstate sheets and can be considered as Ag2[(UO2)W2O8]-2M and Ag2[(UO2)W2O8]-2O polytypes, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 373-381 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Solid State Sciences |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 1 Feb 2003 |
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