Abstract
Abstract Crystal Structure, Equiatomic Ternary Rare Earth Metal Cobalt Carbides The crystal structure of the new compound YCoC was determined from X-ray powder data. It is tetragonal, space group P42/mmc, with a = 0.36500(4) nm, c = 0.68636(9) nm and Z = 2 formula units per cell. The residual for a refinement of Debye-Scherrer data is R = 0.048 for 22 structure factors and 3 variable parameters. The structure is of a new type with no variable positional parameter. The arrangement of the metal atoms corresponds to that of the CsCl structure. The tetragonal superstructure with a doubled c axis arises through the ordered insertion of carbon atoms on octahedral sites formed by four Y and two Co atoms. The hydrolysis of YCoC in hydrochloric acid yields mainly methane, propane, and ethane. The compounds LnCoC (Ln = Gd -Tm, Lu) are isotypic with YCoC.
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