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HALITE

5, t-halite, syn, at 850'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 =   5.7904   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.7904   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.7904   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   194.14

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    29.24

  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.)   =      2.0 

MU (1/cm) =     152.196    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
                                                 2.8952       2
                                                 2.8952       2
                                                 2.8952       2
                                                 2.8952       2
                                                 2.8952       2
                                                 2.8952       2
    2    Cl                  4.344       12
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       2
                                                 4.0944       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 13.321  26.642   0.15    34.82    8       19.3      275.0
    2   2   0   0 15.43   30.859   0.173   25.46    6       88.3     3157.3
    3   2   2   0 22.102  44.204   0.244   11.54   12       76.0     2122.7
    4   1   1   3 26.181  52.361   0.286    7.86   24       12.0       71.8
    5   2   2   2 27.44   54.88    0.299    7.06    8       68.0      693.9
    6   4   0   0 32.148  64.296   0.345    4.96    6       62.4      306.7
    7   3   3   1 35.44   70.88    0.376    4.04   24       11.6       34.8
    8   4   2   0 36.507  73.013   0.386    3.82   24       58.0      818.3
    9   2   2   4 40.67   81.339   0.423    3.17   24       54.6      602.9
   10   1   1   5 43.727  87.455   0.449    2.9    24       12.4       28.6
   11   3   3   3 43.727  87.455   0.449    2.9     8       12.4        9.5


  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  13.321  26.642  3.34309      275.0      8.7      8.7     5.6
    2   2   0   0  15.43   30.859  2.8952      3157.3    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  22.102  44.204  2.04722     2122.7     67.2     66.4     5.7
    4   1   1   3  26.181  52.361  1.74587       71.8      2.3      2.2     5.8
    5   2   2   2  27.44   54.88   1.67154      693.9     22.0     21.4     5.8
    6   4   0   0  32.148  64.296  1.4476       306.7      9.7      9.3     5.9
    7   3   3   1  35.44   70.88   1.32841       34.8      1.1      1.0     5.9
    8   4   2   0  36.507  73.013  1.29477      818.3     25.9     24.5     6.0
    9   2   2   4  40.67   81.339  1.18196      602.9     19.1     17.8     6.1
   10   1   1   5  43.727  87.455  1.11436       38.1      1.2      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)