OBJECTIVE To investigate any relationship between the nature, size, and numbers of synovial fluid (SF) calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, and attacks of pseudogout. METHODS Knee SF was aspirated from nine selected patients, first during an attack of pseudogout (acute sample) and again later when the attack had subsided (interval sample). CPPD crystals were extracted, weighed, ex...

Crystal structures of the cyanoplatinates A2[Pt(CN)4X2] (A = Rb, Cs; X = Cl, Br, I) have been determined by single-crystal analysis and X-ray powder diffraction. The compounds were synthesized by metathesis from Ba[Pt(CN)4] · 4 H2O and alkali metal sulfates, and by subsequent oxidation with the respective halogens. The crystals were grown by slowly concentrating respective aqueous solutions. Th...

A new type of naphthalene-1,8-dicarb-oxy-lic anhydride, C(12)H(6)O(3), was synthesized hydro-thermally. Unlike the two previously reported polymorphs, which crystallize in the ortho-rhom-bic space groups P2(1)2(1)2(1) [Shok et al. (1971). Kristallografiya, 16, 500-502; Grigor'eva & Chetkina (1975). Kristallografiya, 20, 1289-1290] and Pbca [Shok & Gol'der (1970). Zh. Strukt. Khim.11, 939-940], ...

We study the symmetrised rank-one convex hull of monoclinic-I martensite (a twelve-variant material) in the context of geometrically-linear elasticity. We construct sets of T3s, which are (non-trivial) symmetrised rank-one convex hulls of three-tuples of pairwise incompatible strains. In addition, we construct a fivedimensional continuum of T3s and show that its intersection with the boundary o...

The three-dimensional structure of the single-stranded DNA canine parvovirus has been determined to 3.25 A resolution. Monoclinic crystals belonging to space group P2(1) (a = 263.1, b = 348.9, c = 267.2 A, beta = 90.82 degrees) were selected for data collection using primarily the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source and oscillation photography. There was one icosahedral particle per crystall...

We present the results of plane wave density functional theory calculations of oxygen vacancies and interstitial oxygen atoms in monoclinic zirconia. After calculating the incorporation energies and structures of interstitial oxygen atoms and formation energies of neutral oxygen vacancies, we consider the electron affinities and ionisation potentials of these defects. These properties are espec...

Sulphosalts in the system AgSbS2-AgAsS2 have been experimentally investigated using dry methods. The solid solutions which form between ?-miargyrite and smithite have different structures. The EPMA data for the solid solution series show that there is an inverse relation between Sb and As. The cell parameters of the solid solution between ?-miargyrite and smithite increase up to about 50% of...

In the molecule of the title compound, C(15)H(11)NO(2), the dihedral angle between the ring systems is 81.3 (2)°. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are held together via C-H⋯O inter-actions.

The title compound, C10H5FN2, is a monoclinic (P21/c) polymorph of the previously reported triclinic (P-1) form [Anti-pin et al. (2003 ▶). J. Mol. Struct. 650, 1-20]. The 13 non-H atoms in the title polymorph are almost coplanar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.020 Å); a small twist between the fluoro-benzene and dinitrile groups [C-C-C-C torsion angle = 175.49 (16)°] is evident in the triclinic polymorph...