Constituent La(PO4) synthetized at 200°C | SSHADE

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Constituent

Name: La(PO4) synthetized at 200°C
Official name: Lanthanum(III) phosphate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: phosphate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $La^{3+} \cdot PO_4^{3-}$
Chemical formula: LaPO4
Elemental formula: (La3+) P O (O-)3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$La^{3+}$	Lanthanum cation	element	1	0.5	1	constituent cation	main
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	Phosphate anion	chemical function	1	0.5	1	anionic radical	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(PO_4)^{3-}$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\cdot (\cdot) La^{3+} \cdot O^{-}-$	3
	$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - P \dddot - O^{-3/4}$	4

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase name: hexagonal-LaPO4
Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: hexagonal
Crystal class: trapezohedral
Crystal class symbol: 622 (D6)
Crystal spacegroup: P6(2)22
Comments: another less stable (highet T ?) monoclinic phase also exit with crystal_spacegroup = P2(1)/c

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 233.877 $g/mol$
Density: 3.92 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial