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Calcium thorium phosphate (Whitlockite-type mineral). Synthesis and structure refinement

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The crystal structure of a new calcium thorium phosphate has been refined by the full-profile Rietveld method using X-ray powder diffraction data. The sample has been synthesized by the sol-gel technique. The phosphate has been identified by X-ray powder diffraction and IR spectroscopy. The refined composition is represented by the formula Ca10.26Th0.12(PO4)7. The CaO n and PO4 polyhedra are distorted compared to the corresponding polyhedra in the basic compound β-Ca3(PO4)2.

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  1. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, pr. Gagarina 23/5, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    A. I. Orlova, E. E. Loginova & T. A. Oleneva

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    S. A. Khaĭnakov & S. Garcia Granda

  3. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.I. Orlova, S.A. Khaĭnakov, E.E. Loginova, T.A. Oleneva, S. Garcia Granda, V.S. Kurazhkovskaya, 2009, published in Kristallografiya, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 630–636.

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Orlova, A.I., Khaĭnakov, S.A., Loginova, E.E. et al. Calcium thorium phosphate (Whitlockite-type mineral). Synthesis and structure refinement. Crystallogr. Rep. 54, 591–597 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774509040087

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