The apatite La
10-xntities/square.gif">
x(Ge
5.5Al
0.5O
24)O
2.75-1.5x (10 -
x = 9.80, 9.75, 9.67, 9.60, 9.50, a
nd 9.40) serieshas bee
n prepared a
nd the si
ngle phase existe
nce ra
nge has bee
n established, 9.75
ntities/ge.gif"> 10 -
x ntities/ge.gif"> 9.45. Thehexago
nal crystal structures of La
9.5ntities/square.gif">
0.5(Ge
5.5Al
0.5O
24)O
2 have bee
n determi
ned at room temperature,500
ntities/deg.gif">C, a
nd 900
ntities/deg.gif">C from
neutro
n powder diffractio
n data usi
ng the Rietveld method. The room-temperatureu
nit cell parameters were
a = 9.9206(4) &Ari
ng;,
c = 7.2893(3) &Ari
ng;,
V = 621.29(6) &Ari
ng;
3, a
nd
Z = 1, a
nd thisrefi
neme
nt co
nverged to
RWP = 3.03 a
nd
RF = 1.30%. The most importa
nt structural result is the prese
nceof i
nterstitial oxyge
n io
n associated with vaca
ncies at the apatite oxide a
nio
ns cha
nnels. Oxide io
nco
nductivities have bee
n measured by impeda
nce spectroscopy. La
9.5ntities/square.gif">
0.5(Ge
5.5Al
0.5O
24)O
2 shows veryhigh oxide co
nductivity, 0.16(1) S·cm
-1 at 800
ntities/deg.gif">C, with
negligible electro
nic co
ntributio
n. The io
nictra
nsport
number, obtai
ned by combi
natio
n of impeda
nce a
nd io
n-blocki
ng data, is higher tha
n 0.99 i
nthe studied oxyge
n partial pressure ra
nge, 0.21 to 10
-20 atm.