Table 1 Crystallographic parameters for the floating zone cuts of SmB6 obtained from Rietveld refinements to the 11-BM data.

From: On the Chemistry and Physical Properties of Flux and Floating Zone Grown SmB6 Single Crystals

 

Cut 1

Cut 2

Cut 3

Cut 4

T (K)

295

295

295

295

Space group

Pm-3m

Pm-3m

Pm-3m

Pm-3m

a (Ã…)

4.134309(2)

4.133938(1)

4.133288(1)

4.133343(1)

V (Ã…3)

70.67(1)

70.65(1)

70.61(1)

70.62(1)

Z

1

1

1

1

x position (B)

0.19985(18)

0.19855(16)

0.19962(15)

0.19997(1)

USm (Ã…2)

0.007763(20)

0.00802(2)

0.007428(16)

0.007360(12)

UB (Ã…2)

0.00258(13)

0.00266(12)

0.00177(11)

0.00230(12)

a R p

0.061

0.056

0.052

0.052

b R wp

0.080

0.073

0.067

0.072

c R exp

0.043

0.048

0.048

0.041

dχ

3.386

2.280

1.904

3.098

  1. The Sm and B atoms reside on the 1a (0, 0, 0) and 6f (x, ½, ½) Wyckoff position, respectively. The statistical uncertainties are given in parentheses.
  2. aRp = ∑│Yo–YC│/∑Yo.
  3. bRwp = [M/∑w(Yo2)]1/2.
  4. cRexp = Rwp/(χ2)½.
  5. dχ = (M/Nobs–Nva)1/2.