Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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HALITE

7, t-halite, syn, at 32 kbar, g-halite

NaCl


Cubic  F m3m  Z = 4

Fm3m

5 .10 .12

Ref.Str.:

         Finger L.W., King H.E. (1978)

         * Amer. Mineral., 63, 337-342

         R: N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.4533   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   5.4533   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   5.4533   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   162.17

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    24.42

  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.)   =      2.39

MU (1/cm) =     182.201    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
                                                 2.7266       2
                                                 2.7266       2
                                                 2.7266       2
                                                 2.7266       2
                                                 2.7266       2
                                                 2.7266       2
    2    Cl                  4.344       12
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       2
                                                 3.8561       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 14.161  28.323   0.159   30.58    8       18.6      320.6
    2   2   0   0 16.409  32.819   0.183   22.29    6       86.3     3789.5
    3   2   2   0 23.548  47.096   0.259   10.0    12       73.7     2477.3
    4   1   1   3 27.935  55.871   0.304    6.78   24       11.7       84.6
    5   2   2   2 29.295  58.59    0.318    6.09    8       65.7      798.6
    6   4   0   0 34.402  68.805   0.367    4.29    6       60.0      352.8
    7   3   3   1 38.002  76.005   0.4      3.54   24       11.8       45.3
    8   4   2   0 39.175  78.35    0.41     3.36   24       55.8      955.1
    9   2   2   4 43.787  87.574   0.449    2.9    24       52.4      726.4


  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  14.161  28.323  3.14846      320.6      8.5      8.5     5.6
    2   2   0   0  16.409  32.819  2.72665     3789.5    100.0    100.0     5.6
    3   2   2   0  23.548  47.096  1.92803     2477.3     65.4     64.4     5.7
    4   1   1   3  27.935  55.871  1.64423       84.6      2.2      2.2     5.8
    5   2   2   2  29.295  58.59   1.57423      798.6     21.1     20.5     5.8
    6   4   0   0  34.402  68.805  1.36333      352.8      9.3      8.9     5.9
    7   3   3   1  38.002  76.005  1.25107       45.3      1.2      1.1     6.0
    8   4   2   0  39.175  78.35   1.21939      955.1     25.2     23.6     6.0
    9   2   2   4  43.787  87.574  1.11315      726.4     19.2     17.6     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)