Abstract
The title compound, dipotassium tri-mu-arsenato-scandium(III)-tin(IV), is the first arsenate-containing langbeinite to be characterized by single-crystal methods and crystallizes in the aristotype P2(1)3 cubic symmetry for this structure type in which the K+ ions and the octahedral scandium and tin cations lie on crystallographic threefold axes. The Sc-III and Sn-IV ions show a slight segregation over the two octahedral sites, with Sc/Sn populations of 0.582 (5):0.418 (5) on one site and 0.418 (5):0.582 (5) on the other. Bond-valence-sum calculations indicate that the K+ ions are significantly underbonded in this structure and the O atoms show large anisotropic displacement parameters, as also seen in other langbeinites. The crystal studied was found to be a merohedral twin with a 0.690 (16):0.310 (16) domain ratio.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | i82-i84 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications |
| Volume | C66 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jul 2010 |
Keywords
- crystal-structure
- phosphate langbeinites
- magnetic-properties