Samarium antimonide is a binary inorganic compound of samarium and antimony with the formula SmSb. It forms crystals.

Preparation

Samarium antimonide can be prepared by heating samarium and antimony in a vacuum:

Physical properties

Samarium antimonide forms cubic crystals, space group Fm3m, cell parameters a = 0.6271 nm, Z = 4, and structure like sodium chloride.[1][2][3]

The compound melts congruently at a temperature of ≈2000 °C[1] or 1922 °C.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Н. П. Лякишева, ed. (2000). Диаграммы состояния двойных металлических систем. Vol. 3 Книга 2. М.: Машиностроение. ISBN 5-217-02932-3.
  2. ^ B. Predel (1998). "Sb-Sm (Antimony-Samarium)". Landolt-Börnstein - Group IV Physical Chemistry. 5J: 1–2. doi:10.1007/10551312_2677. ISBN 3-540-61742-6.
  3. ^ a b H. Okamoto (2000). "Sb-Sm (Antimony-Samarium)". Journal of Phase Equilibria. 21 (4): 414–415. doi:10.1361/105497100770340002.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarium(III)_antimonide
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