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. 2018 Oct 31;6:526. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00526

Table 2.

Ionic radius for different coordinations, x max with corresponding reference, and average of the xmax values for each dopant.

i.r.(VI) i.r.(VII) i.r.(VIII) Xmax References Average xmax
Lu 0.861 0.977 0.35(5) Grover et al., 2008 0.375(25)
0.375(25) Malecka et al., 2008
0.40(5) Artini et al., 2016
Yb 0.868 0.925 0.985 0.48(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.489(57)
0.55(5) Mandal et al., 2007
0.438(63) Coduri, 2013
Tm 0.99 - 0.994 0.45(5) Mandal et al., 2007
Er 0.89 0.945 1.004 0.34(5) Horlait et al., 2011
Y 0.90 0.96 1.019 0.58(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.421(130)
0.475(25) Chavan et al., 2004
0.28(3) Coduri, 2013
0.35(5) Satake et al., 2010
Dy 0.912 0.97 1.027 0.60(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979
Gd 0.938 1.00 1.053 0.54(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.344(133)
0.125(25) Nakagawa et al., 2001
0.27(2) Scavini et al., 2015
0.225(25) Kossoy et al., 2013
0.425(25) Banerji et al., 2009
0.35(5) Artini et al., 2012
0.37(2) Chen and Navrotsky, 2006
0.45(5) Grover and Tyagi, 2004
Eu 0.947 1.01 1.066 0.275(25) Shuk et al., 2000 0.35(11)
0.425(25) Mandal et al., 2006
Sm 0.958 1.02 1.079 0.58(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.41(13)
0.45(5) Mandal et al., 2006
0.45(5) Nitani et al., 2004
0.32(2) Coduri et al., 2018
0.25(5) Artini et al., 2015
Nd 0.983 1.09 1.109 0.56(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.448(60)
0.513(13) Chavan et al., 2005
0.425(25) Ikuma et al., 2005
0.35(5) Hagiwara et al., 2009
0.438(63) Coduri, 2013
0.45(5) Zhang et al., 2016
0.405(15) Horlait et al., 2011
0.45(5) Nitani et al., 2004
La 1.032 1.10 1.16 0.68(5) Bevan and Summerville, 1979 0.61(11)
0.658(25) Andrievskaya et al., 2011
0.45(5) Bellière et al., 2006
0.65(5) Wilkes et al., 2003

xmax is defined as the intermediate point between the last fluorite and first non-fluorite composition observed. The esd in bracket is half of the composition step between two consecutive points.