Titanium interatomic distance

The structure found for brookite is that shown in Fig. 5. Each titanium atom is surrounded by six oxygen atoms and each oxygen by three titanium atoms. The various interatomic distances, given in Table VII, are similar to those in rutile and anatase for example, the average titanium-oxygen distance is 1,95 A. The oxygen-oxygen distances and the distortion of the basic octahedra have been discussed in the previous sections in the course of derivation of the structure. 

The interatomic distance is estimated from that of the solid, given as 2.46 A by Natta et al. (4), and from comparisons of bond distances of crystal and gas phase tetrahalides of titanium. The pyramidal bond angle is estimated assuming TiClg(g) similar to the group V trihalides. The principal moments of inertia are B 42.8614 x 10" and I = 73.1025 x 10 g cm. ... 

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