title: Synthesis and vibrational spectrum of antimony phosphate, SbPO4.
abstract: SbPO4 was synthesized via a new route by reacting antimony metal with meta-phosphoric acid, (HPO3)n at high temperatures. The Raman and IR spectra of the title compound were recorded and the vibrational modes assigned on the basis of a factor group analysis. The internal vibrations are derived from tetrahedral PO4 units (approaching Sb[PO4]) by the correlation method, although the structure is polymeric and not ionic.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Technical University Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany. wolfgang.brockner@tu-clausthal.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brockner
authors.forename: Lars P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Hoyer
mesh_terms: D000965:Antimony / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D010756:Phosphoric Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D010756:Phosphoric Acids; D000965:Antimony; C030242:phosphoric acid