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The rare earth metal–magnesium–silicides RE2Si2Mg (RE = Y, La–Nd, Sm, Gd–Lu) were prepared by induction melting of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a water-cooled sample chamber of a high-frequency furnace. The silicides were investigated via X-ray powder diffraction. The structures of Sm2Si2Mg and Dy2Si2Mg were refined from X-ray single crystal diffractometer data: Mo2FeB2 type, P4/mbm, a = 727.86(7), c = 428.16(6) pm, wR2 = 0.0194, 206 F2 values, 13 variable parameters for Sm2Si2Mg and a = 713.85(7), c = 419.07(6) pm, wR2 = 0.0331, 286 F2 values, 12 variable parameters for Dy2Si2Mg. The samarium compound shows a small homogeneity range Sm2+xSi2Mg1−x. The investigated single crystal had the refined composition Sm2.022(3)Si2Mg0.978(3). The RE2Si2Mg silicides are 1:1 intergrowth structures of CsCl and AlB2 related slabs of compositions REMg and RESi2. Crystals of the binary silicide Dy5Si3 were obtained as side product. The structure was refined from X-ray single crystal data: Mn5Si3 type, P63/mcm, a = 841.0(2), c = 631.3(1) pm, wR2 = 0.0661, 269 F2 values, 12 variable parameters.
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Kraft, R., Pöttgen, R. Syntheses and Crystal Structure of the Ternary Silicides RE2Si2Mg (RE = Y, La–Nd, Sm, Gd–Lu) and Structure Refinement of Dy5Si3. Monatsh. Chem. 136, 1707–1713 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-005-0365-0
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