A New Investigation of Rubidium Cadmium Trichloride

• Published in: Journal of solid state chemistry Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 39 - 42
• Main Authors: Hamzaoui, F., Noiret, I., Odou, G., Danede, F., Baert, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.06.1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Exact sciences and technology; Inorganic compounds; Metal complexes; Physics; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Structure of specific crystalline solids; Inorganic compounds; Transition element complexes; Cadmium complexes; Anionic complex; Chloro complex; Rubidium compounds; XRD; Experimental study; Crystal structure
• DOI: 10.1006/jssc.1996.0204
• ISSN: 0022-4596

The structure of RbCdCl3has been determined from X-ray diffraction of the MoKα line (λ = 0.7107 Å) for a single crystal grown at room temperature from aqueous solution. After refinement through blocked least-squares methods, the reliability factorRin the final cycle was 3.31%, using 1955 observed reflections withI≥ 2σ(I). The following results have been obtained, in good agreement with previous powder measurements:orthorhombic system, space groupPnma(D2h),a= 8.962 Å,b= 4.034 Å,c= 14.980 Å;Dm= 3.732 g/cm3,Dx= 3.736 g/cm3,F(000) = 543.90;Z= 4. Double columns of edge-sharing CdCl6octahedra (Cd–Cl = 2.647 Å) extending alongbare linked by nine coordinated Rb ions (Rb–Cl = 3.366 Å) into a compact structure.