Über Oxotitanate der Alkalimetalle. Zur Kenntnis von Na4Ti5O12

On Oxotitanates of the Alkaline Metals: On Na₄Ti₅O₁₂ Colourless single crystals of the new titanate Na₄Ti₅O₁₂ (starting from mixtures Na₂O/TiO₂, 1000°C, 6 d, Au-crucible, open system) crystallize in the monoclinic system, space group C2/m, a = 26.544(9), b = 2.952(1), c = 6.322(3) Å, β = 95.79(3)°, Z = 2, d_rö = 3.45 and d_pyk = 3.38 g · cm^?3 (four-cycle-diffractometer data, PW 1100, 2?-scan, MoKα). R = 5.09% and R_w = 4.87% for 1178 independent I₀(hkl) with 3° ≤ 2? ≤ 34°. Corrugated layers of Ti₅O₁₂, held together by Na⁺, are stacked along 001]. Details about partially occupied positions of Na⁺, Effective Coordination Numbers (ECoN), the Madelung part of lattice energy (MAPLE), and the structural differences to Na₂Ti₃O₇ are discussed.