Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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4, t-rutile

SnO(2)


Tetragonal  P 4(2)/mnm  Z = 2

P4(2)/mnm

16 .2 .1900

Ref.Str.:

         A. Bolzan, C. Fong, B.J. Kennedy and C.J. Howard (1997)

         * Acta Cryst., B53, 373-380

Reserv:

         In original - rutile[19].   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   4.7373   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   4.7373   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   3.1864   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    71.51

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    21.54

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.0     0.0     0.0      0.0    Sn    = 1.00
   2 0.3056  0.3056  0.0      0.0    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.0        0.0        0.0   
     2       2     0.3056     0.3056     0.0   
     3       2     0.6944     0.6944     0.0   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     5       2     0.1944     0.8056     0.5   
     6       2     0.8056     0.1944     0.5   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      7.0 

MU (1/cm) =    1427.739    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    204.081

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1    Sn                  2.856        6
                                                 2.0475       2
                                                 2.0475       2
                                                 2.0577       2
                                                 2.0577       2
                                                 2.0577       2
                                                 2.0577       2
    2    O                   3.264       11
                                                 3.1864       2
                                                 3.1864       2
                                                 2.6045       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2
                                                 2.9029       2

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   1   1   0 13.294  26.588   0.149   34.97    4       89.5    21914.2
    2   1   0   1 16.938  33.876   0.189   20.81    8       73.6    17639.1
    3   2   0   0 18.977  37.955   0.211   16.22    4       62.3     4919.4
    4   1   1   1 19.49   38.979   0.217   15.29    8       19.0      867.9
    5   2   1   0 21.32   42.64    0.236   12.52    8       12.3      295.2
    6   2   1   1 25.888  51.775   0.283    8.06   16       75.7    14440.7
    7   2   2   0 27.38   54.761   0.299    7.1     4       79.3     3486.7
    8   0   0   2 28.913  57.826   0.314    6.27    2       83.8     1722.2
    9   3   1   0 30.942  61.885   0.334    5.39    8       61.5     3192.5
   10   2   2   1 31.303  62.605   0.337    5.25    8        6.1       30.6
   11   1   1   2 32.369  64.739   0.348    4.88    8       66.3     3357.1
   12   3   0   1 32.984  65.968   0.353    4.69    8       76.2     4260.9
   13   3   1   1 34.623  69.245   0.369    4.24   16        6.3       52.2
   14   2   0   2 35.639  71.277   0.378    4.0     8       51.8     1677.6
   15   3   2   0 35.892  71.783   0.381    3.94    8        4.2       10.6
   16   2   1   2 37.224  74.448   0.393    3.68   16        7.5       65.6
   17   3   2   1 39.356  78.712   0.412    3.34   16       51.0     2713.9
   18   4   0   0 40.571  81.142   0.422    3.19    4       59.9      894.8
   19   2   2   2 41.857  83.714   0.433    3.05    8       63.6     1930.9
   20   4   1   0 42.098  84.197   0.435    3.03    8       10.3       50.3
   21   3   3   0 43.618  87.235   0.448    2.91    4       64.0      931.2
   22   3   1   2 44.893  89.786   0.458    2.83   16       51.9     2392.6


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   1   1   0  13.294  26.588  3.34981    21914.2    100.0    100.0     5.6
    2   1   0   1  16.938  33.876  2.64397    17639.1     80.5     80.0     5.7
    3   2   0   0  18.977  37.955  2.36868     4919.4     22.4     22.2     5.7
    4   1   1   1  19.49   38.979  2.30873      867.9      4.0      3.9     5.7
    5   2   1   0  21.32   42.64   2.11861      295.2      1.3      1.3     5.7
    6   2   1   1  25.888  51.775  1.76423    14440.7     65.9     64.3     5.8
    7   2   2   0  27.38   54.761  1.67491     3486.7     15.9     15.5     5.8
    8   0   0   2  28.913  57.826  1.5932      1722.2      7.9      7.6     5.8
    9   3   1   0  30.942  61.885  1.49808     3192.5     14.6     14.0     5.8
   10   1   1   2  32.369  64.739  1.43876     3357.1     15.3     14.7     5.9
   11   3   0   1  32.984  65.968  1.4149      4260.9     19.4     18.6     5.9
   12   2   0   2  35.639  71.277  1.32198     1677.6      7.7      7.2     5.9
   13   3   2   1  39.356  78.712  1.21469     2713.9     12.4     11.5     6.0
   14   4   0   0  40.571  81.142  1.18434      894.8      4.1      3.8     6.1
   15   2   2   2  41.857  83.714  1.15437     1930.9      8.8      8.1     6.1
   16   3   3   0  43.618  87.235  1.1166       931.2      4.2      3.9     6.2
   17   3   1   2  44.893  89.786  1.09138     2392.6     10.9      9.9     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)