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Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, i129-i130  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807016376 ]

The type IV polymorph of KDy(PO3)4

F. Chehimi-Moumen and M. Férid

Abstract: Single crystals of potassium dysprosium polyphosphate, KDy(PO3)4, were prepared by the flux method. The title compound crystallizes in structure type IV of KLn(PO3)4 (Ln = lanthanide) compounds. Two helical polyphosphate chains cross the unit cell along [101] with a repeat unit of eight tetrahedra, creating channels where the Dy and K atoms are situated. They have coordination numbers of 8 and 9, respectively.

Online 25 April 2007


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