Minority report: Structure and bonding of YbNi3Ga9 and YbCu3Ga8 obtained in gallium flux

Dundappa Mumbaraddi; Vidyanshu Mishra; Sven Lidin; Arthur Mar

doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123157

Minority report: Structure and bonding of YbNi₃Ga₉ and YbCu₃Ga₈ obtained in gallium flux

Dundappa Mumbaraddi, Vidyanshu Mishra, Sven Lidin, Arthur Mar

University of Alberta

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Abstract

The gallides YbNi₃Ga₉ and YbCu₃Ga₈ were obtained from flux growth reactions of Yb, various transition metals M, and Ga, to test a stability diagram that predicts the formation of ternary intermetallic phases. The structure of YbNi₃Ga₉ was redetermined to resolve discrepancies in the literature. For an untwinned crystal of YbNi₃Ga₉, the ErNi₃Al₉-type structure was confirmed (space group R32, a = 7.2294(7) Å, c = 27.513(3) Å, Z = 6), giving rise to an ordered arrangement of Yb₂Ga₃ nets in the stacking sequence. Crystals of YbCu₃Ga₈ were among the minority formed in the flux growth reaction. YbCu₃Ga₈ adopts the rare BaHg₁₁-type structure (space group Pm3¯m, a = 8.2818(13) Å, Z = 3), with Cu and Ga atoms assumed to be disordered. As examples of polar intermetallics, these compounds exhibit electron transfer from Yb to Ga atoms, which then form multicentre covalent bonding networks, as confirmed by electronic structure calculations.

Original language	English
Article number	123157
Journal	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume	311
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123157
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Crystal structure
Electronic structure
Flux growth
Gallides

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