On the structure of liquid antimony pentafluoride
The liquid structure of antimony pentafluoride at room temperature has been investigated using neutron and high-energy X-ray diffraction and subsequently modelled using Empirical Potential structure refinement. The neutron diffraction measurements show that each antimony centre is surrounded by 6 fl...
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Published in | Journal of molecular liquids Vol. 131; pp. 239 - 245 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Elsevier B.V
15.03.2007
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Summary: | The liquid structure of antimony pentafluoride at room temperature has been investigated using neutron and high-energy X-ray diffraction and subsequently modelled using Empirical Potential structure refinement. The neutron diffraction measurements show that each antimony centre is surrounded by 6 fluorine atoms; four at a non-bridging distance of 1.86
±
0.03 Å and two bridging fluorines at a distance of 2.03
±
0.06 Å. The X-ray data show an additional peak at 3.93
±
0.03 Å attributed to antimony–antimony contacts. The diffraction data were fit to three models;
cis-monomer, isolated tetramer and
cis-linked chains. The X-ray data rule out the
cis-monomer model but good fits are obtained for the isolated tetramer and
cis-linked chain models. It is argued that the liquid is comprised of chains of
cis-linked tetrameric building blocks when these data and modelling results are considered in light of NMR measurements. |
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ISSN: | 0167-7322 1873-3166 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.molliq.2006.08.042 |