A comparison of the X-ray single-crystal structure of Li3SbO4 with the Rietveld refinement.

The X-ray single-crystal structure of trilithium antimony tetraoxide, Li(3)SbO(4), is compared with the Rietveld refinement previously reported for the same material. An analysis of the geometric parameters and s.u.'s extracted from both refinements shows that, as expected, powder data yield a less accurate structure. Nevertheless, both refinements give correct geometric parameters within s.u.'s characteristic of each technique.