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X-ray powder diffraction analysis of a new magnesium chromate hydrate, MgCrO4·11H2O

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2012

A. Dominic Fortes  and
Ian G. Wood
A. Dominic Fortes*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Ian G. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail [email protected]
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Abstract

A new hydrate of magnesium chromate is synthesized by quenching aqueous solutions of MgCrO4 in liquid nitrogen. MgCrO4·11H2O is isostructural with the rare mineral meridianiite (MgSO4·11H2O) being triclinic, , Z = 2, with unit-cell parameters a = 6.811 33(8) Å, b = 6.958 39(9) Å, c = 17.3850(2) Å, α = 87.920(1)°, β = 89.480(1)°, γ = 62.772(1)°, and V = 732.17(1) Å3 at −15 °C. The difference in unit-cell parameters between SO4- and CrO4-bearing species is only partially accounted for by the difference in S–O and Cr–O bond lengths; the remainder of the difference (over 90% in the cell volume) is attributed to weakening of the interpolyhedral hydrogen-bond network.

Keywords

magnesium chromateundecahydratemeridianiite
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Technical Articles
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 8 - 11
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 2012

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