Structural derivation and crystal chemistry of apatites

• Main Authors: White, Timothy John, Dong, Zhili
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Ecomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90582; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6899
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The crystal structures of the [A(1)2][A(2)3](BO4)3X apatites and the related compounds [A(1)2][A(2)3](BO5)3X and [A(1)2][A(2)3](BO3)3X are collated and reviewed. The structural aristotype for this family is Mn5Si3 (D88 type, P63/mcm symmetr...