Gs. Case et al., Syntheses, powder neutron diffraction structures and Mossbauer studies of some complex iron oxyfluorides: Sr3Fe2O6F0.87, Sr2FeO3F and Ba2InFeO5F0.68, J MAT CHEM, 9(11), 1999, pp. 2821-2827
Sr2FeO3F and the novel phases Sr3Fe2O6F0.87 and Ba2InFeO5F0.68 have been pr
epared and their structures investigated by powder neutron diffraction meth
ods. Sr2FeO3F crystallises with the T* modification of the K2NiF4 structure
owing to oxide/fluoride ordering. Sr3Fe2O6F0.87 and Ba2InFeO5F0.68 are mix
ed valent phases prepared by reaction of anion deficient iron(III) material
s with gaseous fluorine. Sr3Fe2O6F0.87 is a Ruddlesden-Popper type material
which has been shown by Mossbauer spectroscopy to contain iron(III) and ir
on(V). Ba2InFeO5F0.68 is the first example of an iron oxyfluoride with a pe
rovskite-type structure.