Rietveld refinement of langbeinite-type K(2)YHf(PO(4))(3).

ABSTRACT: Potassium yttrium hafnium tris-(orthophosphate) belongs to the langbeinite-family and is built up from [MO(6)] octa-hedra [in which the positions of the two independent M sites are mutually occupied by Y and Hf in a 0.605 (10):0.395 (10) ratio] and [PO(4)] tetra-hedra connected via vertices into a three-dimensional framework. This framework is penetrated by large closed cavities in which the two independent K atoms are located; one of the K atoms is nine-coordinated and the other is 12-coordinated by surrounding O atoms. The K, Y and Hf atoms lie on threefold rotation axes, whereas the P and O atoms are located in general positions.

SUBMITTER: Ogorodnyk IV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2977454 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature