The crystal structure of D1.7MoO3 by powder neutron diffraction
Abstract The crystal structure of D 1.7 MoO 3 has been determined by powder neutron diffraction. The structure was refined using the Rietveld method of powder profile analysis in the space group C2/m. The metal-oxygen framework in D 1.7 MoO 3 is closely related to that in molybdenum trioxide itself; the deuterium atoms are found predominantly as part of -OD 2 groups located in the interlayer space in the molybdenum trioxide structure.