Iodo-oxyapatite, the first example from a new class of modulated apatites

Peter Alberius Henning, Sven Lidin, Vačlav Petříček

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Abstract

Iodo-oxyapatite [pentadecacalcium iodide oxide nonaphosphate, Ca15(PO4)9IO] was synthesized by a flux method and the structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray data. The crystal structure was refined in the space group P63/m [a = 9.567 (1), c = 20.754 (2) Å and Z = 2] to wR on F of 0.0459. Iodo-oxyapatite has a typical hexagonal apatite structure but the unit cell is tripled along the hexad owing to ordering of the iodide and oxide ions along this direction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-169
Number of pages5
JournalActa Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science
Volume55
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1999 Apr 1
Externally publishedYes

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