Structure cristalline de type alluaudite KNa5Mn3(MoO4)6

Abstract

The new phase potassium pentasodium trimanganese hexakis(molybdate), KNa5Mn3Mo6O24, has been synthesized using solid-state methods. The structure is composed ofM2O10(M= Mn, Na) dimers and MoO4tetrahedra (point group symmetry 2) sharing corners and forming layers parallel to (100), which are linkedviacommon corners of another type ofMO4tetrahedra, forming a three-dimensional structure with two types of large channels along [001] in which two types of Na+cations (one with site symmetry 2, one with -1) and K+cations (site symmetry 2, half-occupation) are located. Mn2+and the third type of Na+cations are located at the same siteMwith occupancies of 0.75 and 0.25, respectively. A comparative structural description is provided between the structure of the title compound and those of the related phases Cu1.35Fe3(PO4)3and NaAgFeMn2(PO4)3.