Abstract
High temperature crystal structure of UPt2Si2 determined using single-crystal neutron diffraction at 400 K is reported. It is found that the crystal structure remains of the primitive tetragonal CaBe2Ge2 type with the space group P4/nmm. Anisotropic displacement factors of the Pt atoms at the 2a (3/4 1/4 0) and Si atoms at the 2c (1/4 1/4 z) Wyckoff sites are found to be anomalously large.
Acknowledgment
We would like to thank ILL for providing us with the experimental beam time within the director’s discretionary time scheme.
Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
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