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Synthesis and Structure Refinement of Polycrystalline Solid Solution: Na1  + x Zr2 − x Sb x P3O12 (x = 0.1)

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The solid solution of Na1 + x Zr2 − x Sb x P3O12 (x = 0.1) was prepared at 1,000 °C by ceramic route. The ceramic material belonging to sodium zirconium phosphate (hereafter NZP) family crystallizes in space group R-3c with unit cell parameters: a = b = 8.77283(16) Å, c = 22.8375(7) Å, α = β = 90.0° γ = 120.0° and Z = 6. The structure of the title phase has been determined by Rietveld refinement of the powder diffraction data on GSAS software. The refinement converges to a satisfactory structure fit with R p = 0.0764, R wp = 0.1099 and RF 2 = 0.0450. The interatomic distances and bond angles are in good agreement with their standard values. The particle size along prominent reflecting planes ranges between 13 and 50 nm. The polyhedral (ZrO6 and PO4 and NaO8) distortions and valence calculations from bond strength data are also reported. The investigations show that the Sb+3 cation occupies the zirconium (AVI) site of NZP structural framework and resultant charge compensation takes place through partial occupation of M2 site by Na+ ions.

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Synthesis and Structure Refinement of Polycrystalline Solid Solution: Na1 + x Zr 2 −  x Sb x P 3 O 12 ( x  = 0.1)

O. P. Shrivastava and Rashmi Chourasia

Antimony enters crystallochemically in the framework of nano ceramic sodium zirconium phosphate at the Zr site of the ZrO6 octahedra which are inter linked by PO4 tetrahedra through corner sharing of the vertical columns.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thankfully acknowledge the financial assistance received from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi for the research project no. SR/S3/ME/20/2005-SERC-Engg. under SERC scheme. We also thank the director and staff of U.G.C.-D.A.E Consortium for Scientific Research Indore, India for providing X-ray facility.

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Shrivastava, O.P., Chourasia, R. Synthesis and Structure Refinement of Polycrystalline Solid Solution: Na1  + x Zr2 − x Sb x P3O12 (x = 0.1). J Chem Crystallogr 38, 357–362 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-007-9300-z

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