Inorganic Solid Phases

Ca5(PO4)3(OH) (Ca5[PO4]3[OH] rt) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): Ca5[PO4]3[OH] rt
  • Structure Class(es): apatite family
  • Classification by Properties: nonmetal
  • Mineral Name(s): hydroxylapatite
  • Pearson Symbol: hP44
  • Space Group: 176
  • Phase Prototype: Ca5[PO4]3[OH]
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer; 29 (determination of cell parameters), automatic diffractometer (determination of structural parameters), X-rays, Cu Kα1; λ = 0.15406 nm (determination of cell and structural parameters), T = 293 K (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): hydroxide, orthophosphate
  • Interpretation Detail(s): positions of non-H atoms determined, Rietveld refinement, wRP = 0.0661
  • Sample Detail(s): sample from synthetic, sample prepared from NH4NO3, Ca[NO3]2[H2O]4, H2O, [NH4]2HPO4, chemical analysis; composition confirmed, powder (determination of cell and structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: Ca5[PO4]3[OH]
  • Alphabetic Formula: Ca5[OH][PO4]3
  • Published Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
  • Refined Formula: Ca5HO13P3
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 176,ih4fe
  • Z Formula Units: 2
  • Density: ρ = 3.12 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

Published Data
Standardized Data
Unit Cell
Niggli-Reduced Cell
Space Group
a
b
c
α
β
γ
a/b
b/c
c/a
V

Atom Coordinates

Standardized

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Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation
Co-ord. No.
Atomic Env.

Published

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation

Experimental Details

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    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1412593

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    ©Springer & Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Switzerland & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2016

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    Pierre Villars, Material Phases Data System (MPDS), CH-6354 Vitznau, Switzerland

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    Section-Editor: Karin Cenzual (Crystal Structures)

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