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HALITE

6, t-halite, syn, at 1000'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 1000'K. N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.8447   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.8447   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.8447   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   199.66

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    30.07

  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.)   =      1.94

MU (1/cm) =     147.994    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
                                                 2.9223       2
                                                 2.9223       2
                                                 2.9223       2
                                                 2.9223       2
                                                 2.9223       2
                                                 2.9223       2
    2    Cl                  4.344       12
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       2
                                                 4.1328       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 13.195  26.39    0.148   35.53    8       19.4      268.3
    2   2   0   0 15.283  30.565   0.171   25.98    6       88.6     3067.8
    3   2   2   0 21.886  43.772   0.242   11.8    12       76.4     2071.3
    4   1   1   3 25.919  51.838   0.284    8.04   24       12.0       70.1
    5   2   2   2 27.164  54.328   0.296    7.23    8       68.4      678.7
    6   4   0   0 31.814  63.628   0.342    5.07    6       62.7      300.2
    7   3   3   1 35.062  70.124   0.373    4.13   24       11.6       33.4
    8   4   2   0 36.114  72.227   0.383    3.9    24       58.4      799.8
    9   2   2   4 40.214  80.428   0.419    3.23   24       55.0      587.1
   10   1   1   5 43.22   86.441   0.445    2.94   24       12.4       27.1
   11   3   3   3 43.22   86.441   0.445    2.94    8       12.4        9.0


  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  13.195  26.39   3.37444      268.3      8.7      8.8     5.6
    2   2   0   0  15.283  30.565  2.92235     3067.8    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  21.886  43.772  2.06641     2071.3     67.5     66.7     5.7
    4   1   1   3  25.919  51.838  1.76224       70.1      2.3      2.2     5.8
    5   2   2   2  27.164  54.328  1.68722      678.7     22.1     21.6     5.8
    6   4   0   0  31.814  63.628  1.46117      300.2      9.8      9.4     5.9
    7   3   3   1  35.062  70.124  1.34087       33.4      1.1      1.0     5.9
    8   4   2   0  36.114  72.227  1.30691      799.8     26.1     24.7     5.9
    9   2   2   4  40.214  80.428  1.19304      587.1     19.1     17.8     6.0
   10   1   1   5  43.22   86.441  1.12481       36.2      1.2      1.1     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)