Abstract
The structure of saturated solutions of sodium in ammonia at 200 K has been measured by using the method of isotope substitution in neutron diffraction. Substitution of ∗N by 15N, combined with difference analysis, yields detailed structural information about the local environment around the host solvent. We find that the solutions are structured over both short- and intermediate-length scales. The solvent structure is significantly “stretched” due to the presence of excess valence electrons, which reduce the overall density. The data are consistent with five-fold ammoniation of sodium, with a nearest neighbour NaN distance of 2.45(2) Å. Contacts between solvated sodium ions then give rise to a first diffraction peak at 0.85(3) Å −1.
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