“…This type of isolation appears responsible for the good fluorescence properties shown in lanthanide compounds, such as those of the series MINdP4Ot2 (M I = Li, Na and K) (Otsuka, Miyazawa, Yamada, Iwasaki & Nakano, 1977;Chinn & Hong, 1975;Tsujimoto, Fukuda & Fukai, 1977;Tofield, Weber, Damen & Liao, 1975 (Koizumi, 1976b) and RbNdP4Ot2 (6.129 ,/k). The structures of KYP207 (Hamady, Zid & Jouini, 1994) and the related compound RbYP207 (Akrim, Zambon, Metin & Cousseins, 1993) Abstract Potassium yttrium cyclotetraphosphate is isostructural with RbNdP4012. The structure is built up from P4OI~-cyclotetraphosphate anions linked by YO8 polyhedra to form a three-dimensional framework, which delimits intersecting tunnels in which the K + ions are located.…”