data_1008952 _chemical_name_systematic 'Niobium selenide (1/3)' _chemical_formula_structural 'Nb Se3' _chemical_formula_sum 'Nb Se3' _publ_section_title ; Determination of the structural distortions corresponding to the q1- and q2- -type modulations in niobium triselenide Nb Se3 ; loop_ _publ_author_name 'van=Smaalen, S' 'de=Boer, J L' 'Meetsma, A' 'Graafsma, H' 'Sheu, H-S' 'Darovskikh, A' 'Coppens, P' 'Levy, F' _journal_name_full ; Physical Review, Serie 3. B - Condensed Matter (18,1978-) ; _journal_coden_ASTM PRBMDO _journal_volume 45 _journal_year 1992 _journal_page_first 3103 _journal_page_last 3106 _journal_issue 6 _cell_length_a 9.974(1) _cell_length_b 3.476(2) _cell_length_c 15.592(2) _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 109.4(1) _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 509.9 _cell_formula_units_Z 6 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1 21/m 1' _symmetry_Int_Tables_number 11 _symmetry_cell_setting monoclinic loop_ _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz 'x,y,z' '-x,1/2+y,-z' '-x,-y,-z' 'x,1/2-y,z' loop_ _atom_type_symbol _atom_type_oxidation_number Nb0 0.000 Se0 0.000 loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_type_symbol _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity _atom_site_Wyckoff_symbol _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_attached_hydrogens _atom_site_calc_flag Nb1 Nb0 2 e 0.3858(1) 0.25 0.7326(1) 1. 0 d Nb2 Nb0 2 e 0.2615(1) 0.75 -0.0552(1) 1. 0 d Nb3 Nb0 2 e 0.3780(1) 0.25 0.0837(1) 1. 0 d Se1 Se0 2 e 0.2539(2) 0.75 0.8132(1) 1. 0 d Se2 Se0 2 e 0.4601(2) 0.75 0.6267(1) 1. 0 d Se3 Se0 2 e 0.5212(2) 0.75 0.7174(1) 1. 0 d Se4 Se0 2 e 0.1260(2) 0.25 -0.0393(1) 1. 0 d Se5 Se0 2 e 0.2273(2) 0.25 0.0491(1) 1. 0 d Se6 Se0 2 e 0.3881(2) 0.25 0.8603(1) 1. 0 d Se7 Se0 2 e 0.2534(2) 0.75 0.1716(1) 1. 0 d Se8 Se0 2 e 0.4246(2) 0.75 -0.0195(1) 1. 0 d Se9 Se0 2 e 0.4099(2) 0.75 0.1658(1) 1. 0 d _refine_ls_R_factor_all 0.073