Card No: 826       Created: 15/09/1992    Last edition: 13/02/2012

Name: CHALCANTHITE
Specification: [2], structure type - chalcanthite,at 167oC
Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O
Symmetry Class: triclinic
Space Group: P 1(-)
Unit Cell
Parameters:
a = 6.0910 | b = 10.6340 | c = 5.9640 | alpha = 82.4100 | beta = 107.5500 | gamma = 102.7700
Number of Formula Unit: Z = 2Unit Cell Volume, Å3: Vc = 358.32
Number of Atomic Position
per full Unit Cell
:
P/U = 42 Molar Volume, cm3/mol: Vm = 107.91
Number of Reflexes used in
Structure Determination
:

NR = 3822
X-ray density, g/cm3: p = 2.31
R-factor: R = 0.0310MU, 1/cm: µ = 72.997
Wave Length for Calculated
Powder Diffraction Patterns
:
Cu=1.54056Mass attenuation coefficient,
cm2/g
:
µ/p = 31.554
Theta-Interval for CPDP: T/I = 1-45