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Physical Chemistry

University of Nebraska at Omaha

2008

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Dirubidium Digallium Oxide Bis(Orthoborate), Robert W. Smith, Chunhua Hu, Christopher D. Despain Feb 2008

Dirubidium Digallium Oxide Bis(Orthoborate), Robert W. Smith, Chunhua Hu, Christopher D. Despain

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The title compound, Rb2Ga2O(BO3)2, is part of the homologous series A2Ga2O(BO3)2 (A = Na, K, Rb and Cs). The structure contains pairs of gallium-centered tetrahedra connected through a shared oxygen vertex. Orthoborate triangles connect the basal vertices of the tetrahedra, forming a three-dimensional network with voids occupied by rubidium ions.