{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["64(Pt 5)"],"submitter":["Gainsford GJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["THE TITLE COMPOUND, SODIUM TETRABORATE DECAHYDRATE (MINERAL NAME: borax), Na(2)[B(4)O(5)(OH)(4)]·8H(2)O, has been studied previously using X-ray [Morimoto (1956). Miner. J.2, 1-18] and neutron [Levy & Lisensky (1978). Acta Cryst. B34, 3502-3510] diffraction data. The structure contains tetra-borate anions [B(4)O(5)(OH)(4)](2-) with twofold rotation symmetry, which form hydrogen-bonded chains, and [Na(H(2)O)(6)] octa-hedra that form zigzag chains [Na(H(2)O)(4/2)(H(2)O)(2/1)]. The O-H bond distances obtained from the present redetermination at 145 K are shorter than those in the neutron study by an average of 0.127 (19) Å."],"journal":["Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online"],"pagination":["i24-i25"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC2961317"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Redetermination of the borax structure from laboratory X-ray data at 145 K."],"pmcid":["PMC2961317"],"pubmed_authors":["Gainsford GJ","Kemmitt T","Higham C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Redetermination of the borax structure from laboratory X-ray data at 145 K.","description":"THE TITLE COMPOUND, SODIUM TETRABORATE DECAHYDRATE (MINERAL NAME: borax), Na(2)[B(4)O(5)(OH)(4)]·8H(2)O, has been studied previously using X-ray [Morimoto (1956). Miner. J.2, 1-18] and neutron [Levy & Lisensky (1978). Acta Cryst. B34, 3502-3510] diffraction data. The structure contains tetra-borate anions [B(4)O(5)(OH)(4)](2-) with twofold rotation symmetry, which form hydrogen-bonded chains, and [Na(H(2)O)(6)] octa-hedra that form zigzag chains [Na(H(2)O)(4/2)(H(2)O)(2/1)]. The O-H bond distances obtained from the present redetermination at 145 K are shorter than those in the neutron study by an average of 0.127 (19) Å.","dates":{"release":"2008-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2008 Apr","modification":"2025-06-01T00:07:27.227Z","creation":"2025-06-01T00:07:27.227Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC2961317","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21202161"],"doi":["10.1107/S1600536808010441"]}}