The structure of dilutetium silicon pentaoxide, Lu2SiO5, has isolated ionic SiO4 tetrahedral units and non‐Si‐bonded O atoms in distorted OLu4 tetrahedra. The OLu4 tetrahedra form edge‐sharing infinite chains and double O2Lu6 tetrahedra along the c axis. The edge‐sharing chains are connected to the O2Lu6 double tetrahedra by isolated SiO4 units. The structure has been determined by neutron diffraction.
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