Refinement of the crystal structure of Sr3Hg2

Abstract

Mixtures of strontium and mercury in molar ratios of 7:3 have been annealed for 20 days at 520°C. From the pure product Sr3Hg2 single crystals have been obtained. Sr3Hg2 crystallizes in the U3Si2 type of structure (space group P4/mbm); the cell constants are a = 8.883 (2) Å and c = 4.553(1) Å. All of the Hg atoms are involved in Hg2 dumbbells with Hg - Hg distances of 3.41 Å. © Johann Ambrosius Barth 1996.