Synthesis, crystal structure and investigation of ion-exchange possibility for sodium tellurate NaTeO(OH).

A new sodium tellurate has been hydrothermally synthesized and comprehensively analysed using spectroscopic and thermogravimetric techniques, resulting in the determination of its composition as NaTeO(OH). The analysis of synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction data indicates that NaTeO(OH) has a crystal structure similar to that of the previously reported tellurate, KTeO(OH), with the space group 2/ (No. 14).