Structural investigation of the potassium vanadomolybdate crystal
- Polish Academy of Science, Krakow (Poland). Inst. of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
Potassium vanadomolybdate KVMoO{sub 6} crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (space group Pnma, a = 10.3478(1) {angstrom}, b = 3.6967(1) {angstrom}, c = 13.3769(2) {angstrom}, Z = 4). With an X-ray powder diffraction technique, its structure was solved and refined by direct and Rietveld methods, respectively (R{sub F} = 3.33, R{sub 1} = 4.70, R{sub wp} = 12.44). The crystals are isostructural with PbV{sub 2}O{sub 6}. Octahedra of two types build chains parallel to the b direction; there is disorder in the octahedra described by different occupation numbers of V and Mo atoms: 0.721(4) and 0.279(4), respectively. Potassium atoms occupy the space between the octahedra chains. They play a decisive role, due to the large ionic radius, in generating both KVMoO{sub 6} and pseudobrannerite, K{sub x}V{sub x}Mo{sub 2{minus}x}O{sub 6} (0.76 {le} x {le} 0.82) structures, contrary to other alkali-metal vanadomolybdates of the brannerite structure type. The melting point of KVMoO{sub 6} was detected at 480 C using the DTA method.
- OSTI ID:
- 679264
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 146, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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