Crystal growth and structure of Yb-Pt phases

INOR 363

Jasmine N Millican, jmilli1@lsu.edu, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University and A&M College, 232 Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and Julia Y. Chan, jchan@lsu.edu, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 232 Choppin Hall, Dept. of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-180.
New Yb-Pt phases have been synthesized in Pb flux and characterized using single crystal X-ray diffraction. Preliminary structure determinations have been used to construct structural models. “Yb2Pt3” crystallizes in a monoclinic space group P21-m with approximate lattice parameters a = 5.0850(5), b = 5.4980(5), and c = 15.9060(17) Å. “Yb4Pt7.2” crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group Cmmm with approximate lattice parameters a = 13.5550(5), b = 13.3720(5), and c = 5.6540(3) Å. The structures of these compounds will be studied for comparison.
 

Solid State and Solid State Materials
7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006