Verbindungen des Typs MII3MIII(PO4)3 mit Eulytinstruktur (MII = Pb,Sr, Ba; MIII = La,Lanthanide, Y,Sc, Bi,In, TI)1

A number of new phosphates of the formula M^II₃M^III(PO₄)₃ has been prepared. They have the cubic structure of eulytite (Bi₄(SiO₄)₃). Obviously all combinations of the cations being specified in the title for M^II and M^III seem to be possible; moreover, Ca₃Bi(PO₄)₃ does exist. The ions M^II and M^III are distributed on the positions of Bi in a statistical manner. The peculiar dependence of the lattive constants of the lanthanide compounds Pb₃Ln(PO₄)₃ (including La) on the (Atomic number of the lanthanide ions suggests the conclusion that the small trivalent cations (r < 1 Å) do not have a close contact with the surrounding oxygen ions forming a distorted octahedron.