Incommensurately modulated cadmium apatites

Peter Alberius Henning, Marat Moustiakimov, Sven Lidin

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Abstract

Two cadmium apatites, Cd5(PO4)3Br and Cd5(VO4)3I, earlier reported to be halogenide deficient, were prime suspects of being modulated. In this study, incommensurate ordering was found in satellites occurring in planes perpendicular to c*. The structure of Cd5(PO4)3Br was refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data in the four-dimensional super space group R:P3̄:(00γ): a = 16.932(2) Å, c = 6.451(1) Å, Z = 6, R = 0.043. The modulation of the structure is due to a misfit between the large halogenide ions and the surrounding rigid Ca-PO4 substructure. From the refined model of the Cd5(PO4)3Br structure a 'chain-packing' model was confirmed with a Br-Br distance of 3.466 Å. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)154-158
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume150
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000 Jan 1
Externally publishedYes

Free keywords

  • Bromine
  • Cadmiumapatite
  • Incommensurate modulation
  • Iodine

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