Journal article

Publication year: 2000

Pages: 133-135

Journal: Acta Crystallographica. Section C: Structural Chemistry

Volume number: 56

ISSN: 2053-2296

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270199014067

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
Single crystals of mercury(II) polyphosphate, Hg(PO3)(2), were prepared from HgO in an acidic polyphosphate melt. The structure is isotypic with alpha-Cd(PO3)(2) and comprises infinite polyphosphate chains with a period of four phosphate units. Chains of the form (1)(infinity)[PO3-] are linked by Hg2+ to form a three-dimensional network. The Hg atom is located at the centre of a distorted octahedron of O atoms with distances 2.173 (5) < (Hg-O)(mean) < 2.503 (6) Angstrom. The [HgO6] polyhedra form zigzag-like chains of the form (1)(infinity)[HgO2O4/2] parallel to the c axis.

Harvard Citation style: Weil, M. and Glaum, R. (2000) Mercury(II) polyphosphate, Hg(PO3)2, Acta Crystallographica. Section C: Structural Chemistry, 56, pp. 133-135. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270199014067

APA Citation style: Weil, M., & Glaum, R. (2000). Mercury(II) polyphosphate, Hg(PO3)2. Acta Crystallographica. Section C: Structural Chemistry. 56, 133-135. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270199014067