New crystalline phases of fibrous titanium(IV) oxophosphateswere prepared hydrothermally from titanium(IV) chloride in phosphoric acid solutions.The influence of several factors(concentration of reagents, molar ratio P:Ti in the reaction mixture,and reaction times)was studied. A phase diagram of the system is given. On thebasis of elemental and thermalanalysis, X-ray powder diffraction,
31P MAS NMR, and IRspectroscopy, the formula Ti
2O(PO
4)
2·2H
2O was assigned tothe novel compounds. The new phases (
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-TiP and
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-TiP)havedifferent structures. The crystal structure of
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-TiP was solvedfrom X-ray powder data andwas shown to be of the framework type with tunnels parallel to the
c-axis direction. Theabsence of
n-alkylamine intercalation processes for bothcompounds and other physical andbehavioral similarities suggests a framework type structure for
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-TiPalso. The ion-exchangebehavior toward alkali and alkaline earth ions wasstudied.