RbCa2Nb3O10 from X-ray powder data

Abstract

Rubidium dicalcium triniobate(V), RbCa2Nb3O10, has been synthesized by solid-state reaction and its crystal structure refined from X-ray powder diffraction data using Rietveld analysis. The compound is a three-layer perovskite Dion–Jacobson phase with the perovskite-like slabs derived by termination of the three-dimensional CaNbO3 perovskite structure along the ab plane. The rubidium ions (4/mmm symmetry) are located in the interstitial space.