The crystal chemistry of four thorium sulfates

Amanda J. Albrecht; Ginger E. Sigmon; Laura Moore-Shay; Rebecca Wei; Colleen Dawes; Jennifer Szymanowski; Peter C. Burns

doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2011.04.024

The crystal chemistry of four thorium sulfates

Amanda J. Albrecht, Ginger E. Sigmon, Laura Moore-Shay, Rebecca Wei, Colleen Dawes, Jennifer Szymanowski, Peter C. Burns

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Abstract

Four thorium sulfate compounds have been synthesized and characterized. [Th(SO₄)₂(H₂O)₇]·2H ₂O (ThS1) crystallizes in space group P2₁/m, a=7.2488(4), b=12.1798(7), c=8.0625(5) Å, β=98.245(1)^o; Na ₁₀[Th₂(SO₄)₉(H₂O) ₂]·3H₂O (ThS2), Pna2₁, a=17.842(2), b=6.9317(8), c=27.550(3) Å; Na₂[Th₂(SO ₄)₅(H₂O)₃]·H₂O (ThS3), C2/c, a=16.639(2), b=9.081(1), c=25.078(3) Å, β= 95.322(2)^o; [Th₄(SO₄)₇(OH) ₂(H₂O)₆]·2H₂O (ThS4), Pnma, a=18.2127(9), b=11.1669(5), c=14.4705(7) Å. In all cases the Th cations are coordinated by nine O atoms corresponding to SO₄ tetrahedra, OH groups, and H₂O groups. The structural unit of ThS1 is an isolated cluster consisting of a single Th polyhedron with two monodentate SO₄ tetrahedra and seven H₂O groups. A double-wide Th sulfate chain is the basis of ThS2. The structures of ThS3 and ThS4 are frameworks of Th polyhedra and sulfate tetrahedra, and each contains channels that extend through the framework. One of the Th cations in ThS3 is coordinated by a bidentate SO₄ tetrahedron, and ThS4 is unusual in the presence of a pair of Th cations that share a polyhedral face.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1591-1597
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume	184
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2011.04.024
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This work was funded by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, US Department of Energy , Grant no. DOE-FG02-07ER15880 .

Keywords

Crystal chemistry
Sulfate
Tetravalent actinide
Thorium

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