%0 Journal Article
%T RbYb(PO3)4
%A Jing Zhu
%A Hui Chen
%J Acta Crystallographica Section E
%D 2013
%I International Union of Crystallography
%R 10.1107/s1600536812050969
%X Rubidium ytterbium(III) tetrakis(polyphosphate), RbYb(PO3)4, was synthesized by solid-state reaction. It adopts structure type IV of the MRE(PO3)4 (M = alkali metal and RE = rare earth metal) family of compounds. The structure is composed of a three-dimensional framework made up from double spiral polyphosphate chains parallel to [10-1] and irregular [YbO8] polyhedra. There are eight PO4 tetrahedra in the repeat unit of the polyphosphate chains. The Rb+ cation is located in channels extending along [100] that are delimited by the three-dimensional framework. It is surrounded by 11 O atoms, defining an irregular polyhedron.
%U http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812050969