X-ray powder diffraction studies of fibrillar zinc trimolybdates ZnMo3O10.nH2O (n=3.75,5,10)

The X-ray powder diffraction data of polycrystalline fibrillar zinc trimolybdates ZnMo3O10.3.75H2O, ZnMo3O10.5H2O, and ZnMo3O10.10H2O, are reported. An uncommon diffraction pattern was recorded in the case of the "wet fibers" of ZnMo3O10.10H2O, which could be indexed assuming a model of parallel fibers with translation disorder along the fiber axis. The powder diffraction patterns, lattice parameters, space groups, and other data describing these compounds are presented in this paper.