Röntgenstrukturuntersuchungen an den polymorphen Elpasolithen K2LiAlF6 und Rb2LiGaF6

X-Ray Structural Studies of the Polymorphic Elpasolites K₂LiAlF₆ and Rb₂LiGaF₆ At single crystals of low (LT) and high temperature (HT) modifications of K₂LiAlF₆ and of Rb₂LiGaF₆, synthesized at normal pressure (NP), the crystal structures were refined. LT-K₂LiAlF₆ is a cubic elpasolite (Fm3m, Z = 4, a = 784.2(1) pm; Al–F: 181.2(1) pm), HT-K₂LiAlF₆ and NP-Rb₂LiGaF₆ are isostructural with the hexagonal-rhombohedral type of Cs₂NaCrF₆ (R3m, Z = 6, a = 561.7(1) resp. 586.3(1), c = 2757.6(6) resp. 2856.3(5) pm; mean values Al–F: 180.5 resp. Ga–F: 189.3 pm). A cubic high pressure modification (HP) of Rb₂LiGaF₆ was obtainable as a powder only (a = 820.8(2) pm). The relations of distances between LT/HT and HP/NP polymorphs of elpasolites are compared and discussed.