Yb5In2Sb6: A New Rare Earth Zintl Phase
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Sung-Jin Kim; John R. Ireland; Carl R. Kannewurf; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The new Zintl phase Yb5In2Sb6 was obtained from a direct element combination reaction in a sealed graphite tube at 7003C and its structure was determined. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbam (No. 55), in the Ba5Al2Bi6 structure type, with a unit cell of a)5(2993.7؍ A s , b)6(100.