Single crystals of Na5MP2O8F2(M = Al, Ga) were prepared by the flux te
chnique. Both the compounds crystallize in the space group P3BAR with
a = b = 10.468(3), c= 6.599(2) angstrom for the Al compound and a = b
= 10.560(2), c = 6.660(2) angstrom for the Ga compound. Low ionic cond
uctivity in these solids is attributed to a highly ordered distributio
n of the sodium ions in the lattice.