Synthesis and Structure of a New Germanate Fluoride: NaCa2GeO4F
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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.
DOI
10.1006/jssc.2001.9153
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Schneemeyer, Lynn; Guterman, Lila; Siegrist, Theo; and Kowach, Glen R., "Synthesis and Structure of a New Germanate Fluoride: NaCa2GeO4F" (2001). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 526.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/526
