Potassium pentaborate

The title compound, K[B5O7(OH)2], was obtained from a hydrothermal reaction. The structure is composed of one K+ cation and a polyborate 1∞[B5O7(OH)2]− anion, which consists of two six-membered rings linked by a common BO4 tetrahedron. The [B5O7(OH)2]− units...

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Main Author: Qi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-11-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811043807