ISSN:
1600-5724
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Neutron diffraction measurements have been carried out on a single crystal of UO2 examined at four different wavelengths; 0.85, 1.12, 1.54 and 1.84 Å. The Bragg intensities were analysed for the wavelength dependence of extinction using both the Cooper-Rouse and the Becker-Coppens formulations. Both treatments showed that the crystal is of type I (i.e. r 〉〉 λg, where r is the domain radius, λ the wavelength and g the mosaic-spread parameter). The value of g is the same, within one standard deviation, for each wavelength; its magnitude is appreciably less than for other crystals (SrF2,ZnS,ZnTe,KCl) which have been examined by neutron diffraction at a number of wavelengths. Keeping the isotropic temperature factor for uranium fixed at 0.28 Å2, the value of 0.55 ± 0.02 Å2 is derived for the temperature factor of oxygen. There are no significant differences between the values of the extinction parameters and temperature factors obtained using the Cooper-Rouse treatment and the Becker-Coppens treatment based on either a Gaussian or a Lorentzian mosaic-spread distribution.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0567739478000601
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