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Structure of lithium–sodium β-alumina by powder neutron diffraction

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THE first structural determination of a β-alumina compound containing two different alkali ions, lithium and sodium, in crystallographically distinct sites in the conducting plane is reported here. The lithium ions are displaced by about 1 Å from the mirror planes. Although such a displacement has been suspected it has not hitherto been confirmed.

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    B. C. TOFIELD

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TOFIELD, B., FARRINGTON, G. Structure of lithium–sodium β-alumina by powder neutron diffraction. Nature 278, 438–439 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/278438a0

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