J. Melin, A. Hérold
1975
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Carbon
Abstract
It is shown that antimony chloride reacting with graphite forms lamellar compounds C12n SbCl5 (n = 1,2,3,4,…). The identity period along the c axis is Ic = 9.42 A for the first stage and Ic = 9.36 + (n −1)3.36 A for the other stages. Electron diffraction and X-ray studies of the hk0 reflexions with a goniometric apparatus permit to specify the structure of the compounds of n > 2. The single graphite crystals are fragmented into many ordered fields which are themselves rotated by 60°. The structure of the carbon layers remains unchanged after intercalation. The intercalated antimony pentachloride forms a hexagonal system: a = 17.23 A (2.46 A × 7) the a axis being the same as the one for graphite.