Information card for entry 2100718

Structure parameters

• Common name: cyclo-octasulfur
• Chemical name: sulfur
• Formula: S8
• Calculated formula: S8
• SMILES: S1SSSSSSS1
• Title of publication: Order-disorder transition in monoclinic sulfur: a precise structural study by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction
• Authors of publication: W. I. F. David; R. M. Ibberson; S. F. J. Cox; P. T. Wood
• Journal of publication: Acta Crystallographica, Section B
• Year of publication: 2006
• Journal volume: 62
• Journal issue: 6
• Pages of publication: 953 - 959
• a: 10.8125 ± 0.0001 Å
• b: 10.7232 ± 0.0001 Å
• c: 10.6883 ± 0.0001 Å
• α: 90°
• β: 95.746 ± 0.001°
• γ: 90°
• Cell volume: 1233.02 ± 0.02 ų
• Cell temperature: 100 K
• Ambient diffraction temperature: 5 K
• Number of distinct elements: 1
• Space group number: 4
• Hermann-Mauguin space group symbol: P 1 21 1
• Hall space group symbol: P 2yb
• Goodness-of-fit parameter for all reflections: 3.19
• Diffraction radiation probe: neutron
• Diffraction radiation type: time-of-flightneutron
• Has coordinates: Yes
• Has disorder: Yes
• Has Fobs: No