“…To our knowledge, no mixed dihydrogendiphosphates of the form (A,T) x (H 2 P 2 O 7 ) y ÁzH 2 O (A = alkaline earth and T = transition metal) have been reported. Some simple alkali metal dihydrogendiphosphates are known: Na 2 H 2 P 2 O 7 Á6H 2 O (Collin & Willis, 1971), K 2 H 2 P 2 O 7 (Larbot et al, 1983), K 2 H 2 P 2 O 7 Á0.5H 2 O (Dumas et al, 1973), K 3 H(H 2 P 2 O 7 ) 2 (Dumas, 1978), K 3 Na(H 2 P 2 O 7 ) 2 (Dumas et al, 1980), Rb 2 H 2 P 2 O 7 Á0.5H 2 O (Averbuch-Pouchot & Durif, 1993a) and Cs 2 H 2 P 2 O 7 (Averbuch-Pouchot & Durif, 1993b). Acidic metal diphosphates have been implicated in some enzyme-catalysed reaction processes (Haromy et al, 1984) and are used as inhibitors in the formation and dissolution of apatite crystals in vitro (Mathew et al, 1993).…”