Keywords: Sodium-phosphide-xtal-graphitic-layer-3D-balls.png Ball-and-stick model of an imaginary sodium-phosphorus sheet in the crystal structure of sodium phosphide Na<sub>3</sub>P The structure of sodium phosphide can be considered as consisting of alternating layers consisting of i graphite-like sheets of Na and P and ii layers of sodium ions in a cyclohexane chair conformation X-ray diffraction data from cite journal Y Dong and F J DiSalvo 2005 November Reinvestigation of Na<sub>3</sub>P based on single-crystal data Acta Cryst E61 11 i223-i224 10 1107/S1600536805031168 Own 2008-05-04 Ben Mills Benjah-bmm27 Images by Ben Mills Crystal structures of sodium phosphide |