Abstract: | On Tantalates and Niobates ‘rich in Cations’. On Na5TaO5 and Na5NbO5 Colourless, transparent single crystals of Na5TaO5 annealed mixtures of Na2O, Li2O, and Ta2O5, Na : Li : Ta = 6.6 : 1.1 : 1, Ni-cylinder, 1000°C, 75 d] as well as Na5NbO5 annealed mixtures of Na2O, Li2O, and Nb2O5, Na : Li : Nb = 6.6 : 1.1 : 1, Ni-cylinder, 1000°C, 75 d] have been prepared. Single crystal data show that both isotypic oxides represent a deformed variant of the NaCl-type of structure Na5TaO5: 1154 from 1250 I0 (hkl), four-cycle diffractometer Philips PW 1100, ω2-θ scan, Ag? Kα , R = 4.88%, space group c2/c with a = 629.3(1) pm, b = 1025.4(2) pm, c = 1004.6(2) pm, b? 106.80(2)°, z = 4 and Na5NbO5: 998 from 1247 I0(hkl), four-cycle diffractometer Philips PW 1100, ω-2θ scan, Ag? Kα , R = 8.58% and Rw = 7.67%, space group C2/2 with a = 629.1(1) pm, b = 1024.4(2) pm, c = 1004.2(2) pm, b? = 106.80(2)°, Z = 4]. The Madelung Part of Lattice Energy, MAPLE, and Effective Coordination Numbers, ECoN, the latter derived from Mean Effective Fictive Ionic Radii, MEFIR, as well as Charge Distribution, CHARDI, are calculated. |