A potassium tantalum(V) tetrasilicate KTaSi2O7

Jong Gyu Lee, Peter Höhn, Martha Greenblatt

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Abstract

The crystal structure of a new potassium tantalum(V) cyclotetrasilicate, KTaSi2O7 (K2Ta2Si4O14), has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. KTaSi2O7 crystallizes in the tetragonal system, space group P4/mbm with a = 8.735(2) and c = 7.999(2) Å, V = 610.3(2) Å3, Z = 4, dx = 4.225 g/cm3, λ (MoKα) = 0.71073 Å, μ = 190.7 cm-1, F′ (000) = 704, T = 293 K, R = 0.0421, Rw = 0.0789 for 451 unique reflections (Rint = 0.0227) with F20 > 0. The framework structure of KTaSi2O7 is built up from chains of corner-sharing TaO6 octahedra running parallel to the fourfold axes and linked together by four-membered Si4O12 single units. AC impedance measurements on KTaSi2O7 indicate low ionic conductivities, 5.6 × 10-9 and 3.0 × 10-7 Ω · cm-1 at 333 and 546°C, respectively. An activation energy of 0.83 ± 0.02 eV is observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)123-128
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume123
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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