Comment on the paper by T. K. Thirumalaisamy, R. Saravanan, S. Saravanakumar “The redistribution of charge density in CaF2:Yb3+”, J. Mater Sci: Mater Electron, v. 26, p. 6683 (2015)
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Thirumalaisamy et al. (J Mater Sci Mater Electron 26:6683, 2015), erroneously characterized a variable chemical composition of their solid solution as Ca1−xYbxF2, whereas its chemical formula should be Ca1−xYbxF2+x. As a result, Thirumalaisamy et al. calculations do not account for the additional fluoride ions that are necessary to compensate the excessive positive charge of ytterbium cations that replace calcium.