ChemInform Abstract: Syntheses and Characterization of β‐Chromium(II)‐orthophosphate.

Abstract

Syntheses and Characterization of β-Chromium(II)-orthophosphate. -Light blue single crystals of β-Cr3(PO4)2 are prepared by reduction of CrPO4 with elemental Cr at about 1300°C (sealed double-wall silica tubes, CrI2 as mineralizer). The new modification crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with Z = 2. The structure consists of elongated [Cr II O6] octahedra. The compound is further characterized by UV/VIS/NIR spectroscopy and magnetic measurements. -(GLAUM*, R.; HAMMER, E.; HERMES, W.; POETTGEN, R.; Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 637 (2011) 7-8, 1052-1061, http://dx.