Card No: 2935       Created: 03/06/1992    Last edition: 02/03/2012

Name: MOISSANITE
Specification: [2], 3C, structure type - sphalerite, syn
Formula: SiC
Symmetry Class: cubic
Space Group: F 4(-)3m
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 4.3480
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 4Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 82.20
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 8 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 12.38
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

-
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 3.24
R-factor: -MU, 1/cm: µ = 141.950
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 43.825
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45