Point defects triple-defect model

Here the narrow prescription of Chapter 1 is widened to deal with more chemically complex phases, in which the materials may contain mixtures of A, B and X ions as well as chemical defects. In these cases, using an ionic model, it is only necessary that the nominal charges balance to obtain a viable perovskite composition. In many instances these ions are distributed at random over the available sites, but for some simple ratios they can order to form phases with double or triple perovskite-type unit cells. The distribution and valence of these ordered or partly ordered cations and anions are often not totally apparent from difEraction studies, and they are often clarified by use of the bond valence sums derived from experimentally determined bond distances. Information on the bond valence method is given in Appendix A for readers unfamiliar with it Point defects also become significant in these materials. The standard Kroger- fink notation, used for labelling these defects, is outlined in Appendix B. 

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