New iodine-apatites: synthesis and crystal structure

EVGENY BULANOV; SERGEY PETROV; ALEXANDER KNYAZEV

New iodine-apatites: synthesis and crystal structure

Authors: EVGENY BULANOV, SERGEY PETROV, ALEXANDER KNYAZEV

Abstract: The paper describes methods for the preparation of compounds with an apatite structure containing only iodine atoms in the "halogen" position. The crystal structure of the compounds was refined by the Rietveld method. The resulting apatites have a structure with a space group P6₃/m and have the following unit cell parameters: Ba^4f _1.78(2) Ba^6h _2.75(2)(PO₄)₃I_0.04(2) (a = 10.18609(34) Å, c = 7.71113(30) Å, V = 692.889(54) Å³, R = 5.448%), Pb^4f _1.82(2)Pb^6h _2.75(2)(PO₄)₃I_0.13(2) (a = 9.87882(18) Å, c = 7.43222(16) Å, V = 628.144(26) Å³, R = 8.533 %), Pb^4f _1.90(2)Pb^6h _2.68(2)(PO₄)₃I_0.16(2) a = 9.87058(48) Å, c = 7.41255(46) Å, V = 625.437(72) Å³, R = 5.433 %). The study of the crystal structure showed a relatively low efficiency of the binding of iodine in the apatite matrix.

Keywords: Iodine, apatite, synthesis, crystal structure, Rietveld refinement

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