Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
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HYDRIDE_NI

1

HNi(2)


Hexagonal  P 3m1  Z = 1

P3m1

17 .9 .24

Ref.Str.:

         Khodyrev Yu.P., Baranova R.V., Imamov R.M., Semiletov S.A. (1978)

         * Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Neorganicheskie Materialy, 14, 1645-1648

         R: N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

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

             a =   2.66     alpha =   90.0 
             b =   2.66     beta  =   90.0 
             c =   4.33     gamma =  120.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =    26.53

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    15.98

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

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

   1 0.6667  0.3333  0.803    0.0    Ni    = 1.00
   2 0.3333  0.6667  0.254    0.0    Ni    = 1.00
   3 0.0     0.0     0.027    0.0    H     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.6667     0.3333     0.803 
     2       2     0.3333     0.6667     0.254 
     3       3     0.0        0.0        0.027 


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      7.41

MU (1/cm) =     517.855    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =     69.904

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

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

    1    Ni                  2.52         3
                                                 1.8165       3
                                                 1.8163       3
                                                 1.8165       3
    2    Ni                  2.52         3
                                                 1.8234       3
                                                 1.8232       3
                                                 1.8234       3
    3    H                   3.264        6
                                                 2.66         3
                                                 2.66         3
                                                 2.66         3
                                                 2.66         3
                                                 2.66         3
                                                 2.66         3

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.78892(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   0   0   1 11.922  23.843   0.115   43.99    2        8.6      915.0
    2   1   0   0 22.848  45.695   0.217   10.71    6       21.0     4029.6
    3   0   0   2 24.403  48.805   0.231    9.22    2       39.6     4119.1
    4   1   0  -1 26.092  52.184   0.246    7.92    6       32.5     7112.7
    5   1   0   1 26.092  52.184   0.246    7.92    6       37.9     9676.5
    6   1   0  -2 34.539  69.078   0.317    4.26    6       27.1     2668.0
    7   1   0   2 34.539  69.078   0.317    4.26    6        8.1      235.9
    8   0   0   3 38.296  76.591   0.346    3.5     2       15.1      225.6
    9   1   1   0 42.262  84.525   0.376    3.01    6       32.8     2760.3
   10   1   1   1 44.711  89.423   0.393    2.84   12        5.0      122.4
   11   1   0  -3 46.996  93.993   0.409    2.75    6       16.8      659.0
   12   1   0   3 46.996  93.993   0.409    2.75    6       30.7     2219.6
   13   2   0   0 50.947 101.895   0.434    2.74    6       14.5      489.7
   14   1   1   2 52.119 104.239   0.441    2.77   12       27.3     3532.1
   15   2   0  -1 53.473 106.945   0.449    2.82    6       26.4     1671.2
   16   2   0   1 53.473 106.945   0.449    2.82    6       22.3     1193.4


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.78892 (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   0   0   1  11.922  23.843  4.33         915.0      5.4      5.6     5.6
    2   1   0   0  22.848  45.695  2.30363     4029.6     24.0     24.2     5.7
    3   0   0   2  24.403  48.805  2.165       4119.1     24.5     24.6     5.7
    4   1   0   1  26.092  52.184  2.03372    16789.2    100.0    100.0     5.8
    5   1   0   2  34.539  69.078  1.57762     2903.8     17.3     16.9     5.9
    6   0   0   3  38.296  76.591  1.44333      225.6      1.3      1.3     6.0
    7   1   1   0  42.262  84.525  1.33        2760.3     16.4     15.5     6.1
    8   1   0   3  46.996  93.993  1.22309     2878.7     17.1     15.8     6.3
    9   2   0   0  50.947 101.895  1.15181      489.7      2.9      2.6     6.5
   10   1   1   2  52.119 104.239  1.13324     3532.1     21.0     18.6     6.5
   11   2   0   1  53.473 106.945  1.11311     2864.5     17.1     14.9     6.6

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)