Re: Regarding Oxygen occupancy

2014-06-09 Thread Leopoldo Suescun
Dear Rajesh, If you mean something like LaMnO3+d, the formula should be re-written La1-dMn1-dO3 since the normal perovskite accepts no interstitial oxygen. In other cases such as La2CuO4+d the layered strucure allows for insterstitial oxygen in the LaO layer therefore the formula is correct. Diff

RE: Regarding Oxygen occupancy

2014-06-09 Thread Julian R Tolchard
Rajesh, Physically speaking, an occupancy of one is generally defined to be a fully occupied site. So an occupancy greater than one makes no physical sense. Perovskites *are* sometimes described as oxygen excess though, but when it says "oxygen excess" it really means "cation deficient". It is