Strontium Barium Metaborate, $Sr_{1.36}Ba_{1.64}(B_3O_6)_2$

Single crystals of strontium barium metaborate, Sr/sub 1.36/Ba/sub 1.64/(B₃O/sub 6/)₂, were grown for the first time by the high-temperature-solution-growth technique, and a detailed structure analysis was carried out with the space group R3c. The metaborate (B₃O/sub 6/)/sup 3-/ anion planar groups in the title compound form infinite layers parallel to (001) plane, and Sr and Ba atoms are alternatively placed between the layers and are octahedrally coordinated by six O(2) atoms in the neighbouring anion rings.