Crystal structure of strontium dinickel iron orthophosphate.

ABSTRACT: The title compound, SrNi2Fe(PO4)3, synthesized by solid-state reaction, crystallizes in an ordered variant of the α-CrPO4 structure. In the asymmetric unit, two O atoms are in general positions, whereas all others atoms are in special positions of the space group Imma: the Sr cation and one P atom occupy the Wyckoff position 4e (mm2), Fe is on 4b (2/m), Ni and the other P atom are on 8g (2), one O atom is on 8h (m) and the other on 8i (m). The three-dimensional framework of the crystal structure is built up by [PO4] tetra-hedra, [FeO6] octa-hedra and [Ni2O10] dimers of edge-sharing octa-hedra, linked through common corners or edges. This structure comprises two types of layers stacked alternately along the [100] direction. The first layer is formed by edge-sharing octa-hedra ([Ni2O10] dime

SUBMITTER: Ouaatta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4647370 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature