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HALITE

2, t-halite, syn, at 50'K, g-halite

NaCl


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

5 .10 .12

Ref.Str.:

         Wang K., Reeber R.R. (1996)

         * Phys. Chem. Minerals, 23, 354-360

         R: In the article there are structure data for halite

         at different temperatures from 50'K up to 950'K. N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.5937   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.5937   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.5937   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   175.02

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    26.36

  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    Na    = 1.00
   2 0.5     0.5     0.5      0.0    Cl    = 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     0.5        0.5        0.5   
     3       1     0.5        0.0        0.5   
     4       1     0.5        0.5        0.0   
     5       1     0.0        0.5        0.5   
     6       2     0.0        0.5        0.0   
     7       2     0.0        0.0        0.5   
     8       2     0.5        0.0        0.0   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      2.22

MU (1/cm) =     168.823    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     76.143

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

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

    1    Na                  3.348        6
                                                 2.7968       2
                                                 2.7968       2
                                                 2.7968       2
                                                 2.7968       2
                                                 2.7968       2
                                                 2.7968       2
    2    Cl                  4.344       12
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       2
                                                 3.9553       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   1 13.799  27.597   0.155   32.32    8       18.9      300.7
    2   2   0   0 15.986  31.973   0.179   23.58    6       87.2     3509.3
    3   2   2   0 22.923  45.845   0.253   10.63   12       74.7     2321.7
    4   1   1   3 27.175  54.351   0.296    7.22   24       11.8       78.8
    5   2   2   2 28.491  56.982   0.31     6.48    8       66.7      752.6
    6   4   0   0 33.423  66.847   0.358    4.56    6       61.0      332.3
    7   3   3   1 36.887  73.774   0.39     3.74   24       11.7       40.4
    8   4   2   0 38.013  76.025   0.4      3.54   24       56.7      893.1
    9   2   2   4 42.424  84.848   0.438    3.0    24       53.3      668.8


  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   1  13.799  27.597  3.22952      300.7      8.6      8.6     5.6
    2   2   0   0  15.986  31.973  2.79685     3509.3    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  22.923  45.845  1.97767     2321.7     66.2     65.3     5.7
    4   1   1   3  27.175  54.351  1.68656       78.8      2.2      2.2     5.8
    5   2   2   2  28.491  56.982  1.61476      752.6     21.4     20.9     5.8
    6   4   0   0  33.423  66.847  1.39842      332.3      9.5      9.1     5.9
    7   3   3   1  36.887  73.774  1.28328       40.4      1.2      1.1     6.0
    8   4   2   0  38.013  76.025  1.25079      893.1     25.4     24.0     6.0
    9   2   2   4  42.424  84.848  1.14181      668.8     19.1     17.6     6.1

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)