STRUCTURAL STUDY OF A NEW HEXAGONAL FORM OF TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE
STRUCTURAL STUDY OF A NEW HEXAGONAL FORM OF TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-4596(79)90199-3
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
FIGLARZ, M
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作者:
GERAND, B;NOWOGROCKI, G;FIGLARZ, M
A new form of tungsten trioxide WO 3 has been obtained by dehydration of WO 3· 1 3 H 2 O hydrate. The structural study was carried out from X-ray powder diffraction and selected area electron diffraction data. The crystallographic characteristics are: the hexagonal system; a= 7.298 (2) Å, c= 7.798 (3) Å; Z= 6. This hexagonal WO 3 is built up of slightly distorted (WO 6) octahedra sharing their corners arranged in six-membered rings in layers normal to the hexagonal axis; stacking of such layers leads to formation of large hexagonal tunnels. Some confirmations of this structure were made by high-resolution electron microscopy. Powder X-ray diffraction allowed us to determine an average structure. Absence of suitable single crystals has not permitted us to perform a complete structural determination. Although the existence of such a hexagonal structure for pure WO 3 had been considered as likely, it had not been hitherto observed.