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HALITE

4, t-halite, syn, at 600'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 =   5.7135   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.7135   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.7135   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   186.51

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    28.09

  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.)   =      2.08

MU (1/cm) =     158.425    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
                                                 2.8568       2
                                                 2.8568       2
                                                 2.8568       2
                                                 2.8568       2
                                                 2.8568       2
                                                 2.8568       2
    2    Cl                  4.344       12
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       2
                                                 4.0401       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 13.504  27.008   0.152   33.83    8       19.1      284.8
    2   2   0   0 15.643  31.285   0.175   24.72    6       87.8     3289.7
    3   2   2   0 22.416  44.831   0.248   11.18   12       75.5     2198.0
    4   1   1   3 26.56   53.121   0.29     7.61   24       11.9       74.4
    5   2   2   2 27.841  55.682   0.303    6.83    8       67.5      716.1
    6   4   0   0 32.634  65.268   0.35     4.8     6       61.8      316.4
    7   3   3   1 35.991  71.982   0.381    3.92   24       11.7       36.8
    8   4   2   0 37.079  74.159   0.391    3.71   24       57.5      846.1
    9   2   2   4 41.336  82.671   0.429    3.1    24       54.1      627.0
   10   1   1   5 44.47   88.939   0.455    2.86   24       12.5       30.9
   11   3   3   3 44.47   88.939   0.455    2.86    8       12.5       10.3


  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  13.504  27.008  3.29869      284.8      8.7      8.7     5.6
    2   2   0   0  15.643  31.285  2.85675     3289.7    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  22.416  44.831  2.02003     2198.0     66.8     65.9     5.7
    4   1   1   3  26.56   53.121  1.72268       74.4      2.3      2.2     5.8
    5   2   2   2  27.841  55.682  1.64935      716.1     21.8     21.2     5.8
    6   4   0   0  32.634  65.268  1.42838      316.4      9.6      9.2     5.9
    7   3   3   1  35.991  71.982  1.31077       36.8      1.1      1.1     5.9
    8   4   2   0  37.079  74.159  1.27758      846.1     25.7     24.3     6.0
    9   2   2   4  41.336  82.671  1.16626      627.0     19.1     17.7     6.1
   10   1   1   5  44.47   88.939  1.09956       41.2      1.3      1.1     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)