Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
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Na(2)SO(4)


Orthorhombic  * Fddd  Z = 8

R =0.047          NR =793

1 .4 .1988

Ref.Str.:

         Mehrotra B.N., Hahn T., Eysel W., Ropke H., Illguth A. (1978)

         * Neues Jb. Miner., Mh., 408-421

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   5.861    alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.815    beta  =   90.0 
             c =  12.307    gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   707.97

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    53.3 

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.125   0.4415  0.125    1.09   Na    = 1.00
   2 0.125   0.125   0.125    0.42   S     = 1.00
   3 0.9794  0.2137  0.0572   1.03   O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.125      0.4415     0.125 
     2       2     0.125      0.125      0.125 
     3       3     0.9794     0.2137     0.0572
     4       1     0.125      0.9415     0.625 
     5       2     0.125      0.625      0.625 
     6       3     0.9794     0.7137     0.5572
     7       1     0.625      0.4415     0.625 
     8       2     0.625      0.125      0.625 
     9       3     0.4794     0.2137     0.5572
    10       1     0.625      0.9415     0.125 
    11       2     0.625      0.625      0.125 
    12       3     0.4794     0.7137     0.0572
    13       1     0.875      0.6915     0.375 
    14       2     0.875      0.375      0.375 
    15       3     0.0206     0.4637     0.3072
    16       1     0.875      0.1915     0.875 
    17       2     0.875      0.875      0.875 
    18       3     0.0206     0.9637     0.8072
    19       1     0.375      0.6915     0.875 
    20       2     0.375      0.375      0.875 
    21       3     0.5206     0.4637     0.8072
    22       1     0.375      0.1915     0.375 
    23       2     0.375      0.875      0.375 
    24       3     0.5206     0.9637     0.3072
    25       3     0.2294     0.4637     0.9428
    26       3     0.2294     0.9637     0.4428
    27       3     0.7294     0.4637     0.4428
    28       3     0.7294     0.9637     0.9428
    29       3     0.2706     0.7137     0.6928
    30       3     0.2706     0.2137     0.1928
    31       3     0.7706     0.7137     0.1928
    32       3     0.7706     0.2137     0.6928
    33       1     0.375      0.5585     0.375 
    34       3     0.2294     0.7863     0.3072
    35       1     0.375      0.0585     0.875 
    36       3     0.2294     0.2863     0.8072
    37       1     0.875      0.5585     0.875 
    38       3     0.7294     0.7863     0.8072
    39       1     0.875      0.0585     0.375 
    40       3     0.7294     0.2863     0.3072
    41       1     0.125      0.3085     0.625 
    42       3     0.2706     0.5363     0.5572
    43       1     0.125      0.8085     0.125 
    44       3     0.2706     0.0363     0.0572
    45       1     0.625      0.3085     0.125 
    46       3     0.7706     0.5363     0.0572
    47       1     0.625      0.8085     0.625 
    48       3     0.7706     0.0363     0.5572
    49       3     0.4794     0.5363     0.1928
    50       3     0.4794     0.0363     0.6928
    51       3     0.9794     0.5363     0.6928
    52       3     0.9794     0.0363     0.1928
    53       3     0.5206     0.2863     0.9428
    54       3     0.5206     0.7863     0.4428
    55       3     0.0206     0.2863     0.4428
    56       3     0.0206     0.7863     0.9428


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      2.66

MU (1/cm) =      93.349    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     35.037

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

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

    1    Na                  2.808        6
                                                 2.5345       3
                                                 2.3345       3
                                                 2.3345       3
                                                 2.5345       3
                                                 2.4242       3
                                                 2.4242       3
    2    S                   1.98         4
                                                 1.4773       3
                                                 1.4773       3
                                                 1.4773       3
                                                 1.4773       3
    3    O                   3.264        6
                                                 3.1859       3
                                                 3.1859       3
                                                 2.387        3
                                                 2.4382       3
                                                 2.4118       3
                                                 3.1178       3

  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  9.519  19.038   0.107   70.21    8       84.1      791.7
    2   0   2   2 11.582  23.163   0.13    46.73    4       70.7      186.5
    3   0   1   3 11.742  23.484   0.132   45.41    4        0.0        0.0
    4   1   0   3 13.249  26.499   0.149   35.22    4        0.0        0.0
    5   1   1   3 14.02   28.039   0.157   31.24    8      108.3      585.4
    6   0   3   1 14.1    28.2     0.158   30.87    4        0.0        0.0
    7   0   0   4 14.499  28.997   0.163   29.09    2      212.7      525.2
    8   1   3   0 15.643  31.285   0.175   24.71    4        0.0        0.0
    9   1   3   1 16.07   32.139   0.18    23.32    8      193.4     1392.7
   10   2   0   2 16.926  33.852   0.189   20.84    4      194.9      631.8
   11   2   2   0 17.827  35.654   0.199   18.61    4       16.6        4.1
   12   0   4   0 18.296  36.591   0.204   17.58    2       28.9        5.9
   13   1   3   3 19.182  38.364   0.213   15.84    8       55.5       78.0
   14   2   2   2 19.314  38.629   0.215   15.6     8      108.1      291.2
   15   1   1   5 20.388  40.776   0.226   13.83    8       46.2       47.2
   16   0   3   5 23.055  46.111   0.254   10.49    4        0.0        0.0
   17   2   2   4 23.296  46.592   0.257   10.25    8        4.5        0.3
   18   3   0   1 23.529  47.058   0.259   10.02    4        0.0        0.0
   19   0   4   4 23.674  47.347   0.261    9.88    4       78.3       48.3
   20   3   1   0 23.704  47.408   0.261    9.85    4        0.0        0.0
   21   3   1   1 24.007  48.014   0.264    9.57    8       38.7       22.8
   22   0   2   6 24.017  48.035   0.264    9.56    4       48.2       17.7
   23   1   3   5 24.399  48.797   0.268    9.23    8      196.5      568.5
   24   1   5   1 24.742  49.484   0.272    8.94    8       73.8       77.6
   25   2   4   2 25.35   50.699   0.278    8.46    8       78.2       82.5
   26   0   5   3 25.786  51.572   0.282    8.14    4        0.0        0.0
   27   3   1   3 26.34   52.68    0.288    7.75    8       15.6        3.0
   28   0   1   7 26.429  52.859   0.289    7.69    4        0.0        0.0
   29   1   5   3 27.028  54.056   0.295    7.31    8        3.2        0.1
   30   1   0   7 27.22   54.44    0.297    7.19    4        0.0        0.0
   31   2   0   6 27.283  54.566   0.298    7.16    4      201.2      231.1
   32   3   3   1 27.611  55.222   0.301    6.96    8      113.0      141.9
   33   1   1   7 27.652  55.303   0.301    6.94    8       15.9        2.8
   34   2   4   4 28.679  57.359   0.312    6.39    8       87.6       78.2
   35   2   2   6 28.98   57.961   0.315    6.24    8       54.8       29.9
   36   0   6   2 29.159  58.318   0.316    6.15    4       75.3       27.9
   37   3   3   3 29.744  59.488   0.322    5.89    8      144.5      196.0
   38   0   0   8 30.047  60.094   0.325    5.75    2       58.1        7.7
   39   3   0   5 30.224  60.447   0.327    5.68    4        0.0        0.0
   40   3   1   5 30.628  61.255   0.331    5.51    8       66.3       38.7
   41   1   3   7 30.96   61.921   0.334    5.38    8      105.4       95.4
   42   1   5   5 31.254  62.507   0.337    5.27    8        3.2        0.1
   43   4   0   0 31.715  63.431   0.341    5.1     2       68.0        9.4
   44   2   6   0 32.634  65.269   0.35     4.8     4      162.3      100.8
   45   0   7   1 33.567  67.134   0.359    4.52    4        0.0        0.0
   46   2   6   2 33.615  67.23    0.359    4.5     8       14.1        1.4
   47   2   4   6 33.75   67.5     0.361    4.47    8       44.1       13.9
   48   3   3   5 33.76   67.52    0.361    4.46    8       77.9       43.2
   49   3   5   0 33.798  67.596   0.361    4.45    4        0.0        0.0
   50   3   5   1 34.04   68.08    0.363    4.39    8       50.6       17.9
   51   4   2   2 34.245  68.49    0.365    4.33    8       15.5        1.7
   52   1   7   0 34.393  68.785   0.367    4.3     4        0.0        0.0
   53   1   7   1 34.633  69.266   0.369    4.23    8       16.8        1.9
   54   4   0   4 35.61   71.221   0.378    4.0     4      154.7       76.5
   55   1   1   9 35.713  71.426   0.379    3.98    8       13.4        1.1
   56   2   2   8 35.936  71.873   0.381    3.93    8       19.1        2.3
   57   3   5   3 35.951  71.903   0.381    3.93    8        3.1        0.1
   58   0   5   7 36.026  72.053   0.382    3.91    4        0.0        0.0
   59   0   4   8 36.227  72.453   0.384    3.87    4      107.0       35.4
   60   2   6   4 36.481  72.962   0.386    3.82    8      123.3       92.7
   61   3   1   7 36.485  72.97    0.386    3.82    8       67.4       27.7
   62   1   7   3 36.531  73.061   0.386    3.81    8       80.6       39.5
   63   0   6   6 37.034  74.068   0.391    3.71    4      194.7      112.4
   64   1   5   7 37.061  74.121   0.391    3.71    8       33.2        6.5
   65   4   2   4 37.089  74.178   0.391    3.7     8       37.7        8.4
   66   0   3   9 37.627  75.255   0.396    3.61    4        0.0        0.0
   67   4   4   0 37.756  75.511   0.397    3.58    4       98.6       27.8
   68   1   3   9 38.646  77.292   0.405    3.44    8       66.6       24.4
   69   4   4   2 38.679  77.358   0.406    3.44    8       24.0        3.1
   70   0   8   0 38.891  77.782   0.408    3.41    2       31.6        1.4
   71   0   7   5 39.216  78.431   0.41     3.36    4        0.0        0.0
   72   3   3   7 39.397  78.794   0.412    3.33    8       89.6       42.8
   73   3   5   5 39.661  79.323   0.414    3.3     8       20.9        2.3
   74   0   2  10 40.186  80.372   0.419    3.23    4        2.7        0.0
   75   1   7   5 40.222  80.445   0.419    3.23    8       40.5        8.5
   76   2   4   8 40.301  80.601   0.42     3.22    8       15.6        1.2
   77   2   6   6 41.083  82.165   0.427    3.13    8        8.1        0.3
   78   4   4   4 41.414  82.829   0.429    3.09    8       46.7       10.8
   79   5   1   1 41.663  83.326   0.431    3.07    8       27.7        3.8
   80   4   2   6 41.671  83.341   0.432    3.07    8       36.7        6.6
   81   0   8   4 42.525  85.05    0.439    2.99    4        4.6        0.1
   82   2   0  10 42.753  85.506   0.441    2.97    4      131.9       41.3
   83   3   7   1 42.773  85.545   0.441    2.97    8       87.5       36.3
   84   5   0   3 43.112  86.223   0.444    2.95    4        0.0        0.0
   85   3   0   9 43.438  86.877   0.446    2.92    4        0.0        0.0
   86   5   1   3 43.465  86.931   0.447    2.92    8        4.6        0.1
   87   3   1   9 43.792  87.583   0.449    2.9     8       45.3        9.5
   88   2   8   2 43.793  87.586   0.449    2.9     8        2.7        0.0
   89   0   1  11 43.863  87.726   0.45     2.89    4        0.0        0.0
   90   2   2  10 44.167  88.334   0.452    2.87    8       53.9       13.3
   91   5   3   0 44.269  88.538   0.453    2.87    4        0.0        0.0
   92   1   5   9 44.344  88.688   0.454    2.86    8       31.3        4.5
   93   5   3   1 44.493  88.987   0.455    2.86    8       63.3       18.2
   94   1   0  11 44.5    89.0     0.455    2.85    4        0.0        0.0
   95   3   7   3 44.57   89.141   0.456    2.85    8       46.6        9.9
   96   1   1  11 44.853  89.706   0.458    2.84    8        1.3        0.0


  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   9.519  19.038  4.65778      791.7     56.8     57.4     5.6
    2   0   2   2  11.582  23.163  3.83676      186.5     13.4     13.5     5.6
    3   1   1   3  14.02   28.039  3.17962      585.4     42.0     42.2     5.6
    4   0   0   4  14.499  28.997  3.07675      525.2     37.7     37.8     5.6
    5   1   3   1  16.07   32.139  2.78274     1392.7    100.0    100.0     5.6
    6   2   0   2  16.926  33.852  2.64579      631.8     45.4     45.3     5.7
    7   1   3   3  19.182  38.364  2.34432       78.0      5.6      5.6     5.7
    8   2   2   2  19.314  38.629  2.32889      291.2     20.9     20.8     5.7
    9   1   1   5  20.388  40.776  2.21106       47.2      3.4      3.4     5.7
   10   0   4   4  23.674  47.347  1.91838       48.3      3.5      3.4     5.7
   11   3   1   1  24.007  48.014  1.89327       40.6      2.9      2.9     5.7
   12   1   3   5  24.399  48.797  1.86471      568.5     40.8     40.1     5.7
   13   1   5   1  24.742  49.484  1.84044       77.6      5.6      5.5     5.7
   14   2   4   2  25.35   50.699  1.79913       82.5      5.9      5.8     5.8
   15   2   0   6  27.283  54.566  1.68043      231.1     16.6     16.2     5.8
   16   3   3   1  27.611  55.222  1.662        141.9     10.2      9.9     5.8
   17   2   4   4  28.679  57.359  1.60505       78.2      5.6      5.5     5.8
   18   2   2   6  28.98   57.961  1.58981       29.9      2.1      2.1     5.8
   19   0   6   2  29.159  58.318  1.58092       27.9      2.0      1.9     5.8
   20   3   3   3  29.744  59.488  1.55259      196.0     14.1     13.6     5.8
   21   3   1   5  30.628  61.255  1.51197       38.7      2.8      2.7     5.8
   22   1   3   7  30.96   61.921  1.4973        95.4      6.9      6.6     5.8
   23   2   6   0  32.634  65.269  1.42836      100.8      7.2      7.0     5.9
   24   3   3   5  33.76   67.52   1.38611       57.1      4.1      3.9     5.9
   25   3   5   1  34.04   68.08   1.37606       17.9      1.3      1.2     5.9
   26   4   0   4  35.61   71.221  1.32289       76.5      5.5      5.2     5.9
   27   0   4   8  36.227  72.453  1.3034        35.4      2.5      2.4     5.9
   28   2   6   4  36.481  72.962  1.29556      120.4      8.6      8.2     6.0
   29   1   7   3  36.531  73.061  1.29404       39.5      2.8      2.7     6.0
   30   0   6   6  37.034  74.068  1.27892      118.9      8.5      8.1     6.0
   31   4   4   0  37.756  75.511  1.25802       27.8      2.0      1.9     6.0
   32   1   3   9  38.646  77.292  1.23342       24.4      1.7      1.6     6.0
   33   3   3   7  39.397  78.794  1.21363       42.8      3.1      2.9     6.0
   34   2   0  10  42.753  85.506  1.1347        77.6      5.6      5.1     6.1
   35   5   3   1  44.493  88.987  1.0991        18.2      1.3      1.2     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)