DETERMINING THE POSITION OF LITHIUM ATOM IN LITHIUM POTASSIUM SULPHATE (C66)
KLiSO4(C66)结构中Li原子位置的测定

The structure of KLiSO4 at room temp erature was determined (C66) in 1925 by Bradley. The position of Li atom at the void on a triad was inferred but not measured. This result is in contradiction with the general theory of chemical bonding, so, recently, Meng and Cao presented a view disagreeing with it.We have redetermined the structure of KLiSO4, in particular the position of Li atom. New result shows that Li atom is located at x=1/3, y=2/3, z=0.1797(16) instead of x=1/3, y=2/3, z=0.3488 as described by Bradley. The former is roughly the same as that predicted by steric considerations in ref. 8]. Four nearest O atoms around Li atom form a tetrahedroid.