Synthesis and Structure of a New Germanate Fluoride: NaCa2GeO4F
Authors: Schneemeyer L.F.; Guterman L.; Siegrist T.; Kowach G.R.
Source: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Volume 160, Number 1, August 2001 , pp. 33-38(6)
Publisher: Academic Press
Abstract:
We report the synthesis and structural characterization of a new oxoanion halide, NaCa2GeO4F. Crystal data: FW=235.74, Pnma (No. 62), orthorhombic, a=5.362(2), b=7.328(3), c=12.681(4) Å, V=498.3(3) Å3, Z=4, R(F)=0.044, Rw(F)=0.046 for 404 averaged reflections. Compositionally, this material can be viewed as the end-member of the hypothetical solid solution Ca2GeO4
(CaO)1-x
(NaF)x. However, in this unusual oxyfluoride, the fluoride ion orders and fully occupies one anion site. The structure consists of complicated condensed chains of six-coordinated cations centered by fluoride ions and linked by chains of isolated germanium oxide tetrahedra. The structure is best described in terms of the anion packing rather than the packing of cation-centered coordination polyhedra. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
Language: English
Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey, 07974:

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