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Single crystals of the new title compound are prepared by cooling a melt of composition 14.3 mol% BaO, 7.1 mol% Bi2O3, and 78.6 mol% B2O3 (Pt crucible, 850 °C, 20—24 h).

Single crystals of α- and β-polymorphs of Bi2B8O15 were grown by Czochralski method from a charge of the stoichiometric composition. The crystal structure of β-Bi2B8O15 was solved by direct methods from a twinned crystal and refined to R1=0.081 (wR=0.198) on the basis of 1584 unique observed reflections (I>2σ(I)). The compound is triclinic, space group P 1 ¯ , a=4.3159(8), b=6. 4604(12), c=22.485(4) A, α=87.094(15)°, β=86.538(15)°, γ=74.420(14)°, V=602.40(19) A3, Z=2. The B–O layered anion of β-Bi2B8O15 is topologically identical to the anion of α-Bi2B8O15 but the orientation of neighboring layers is different. Thermal expansion of α-Bi2B8O15 has been investigated by X-ray powder diffraction in air in temperature range from 20 to 700 °C. It is strongly anisotropic, which can be explained by the hinge mechanism applied to chains of Bi–O polyhedra. While the anisotropy of thermal expansion is rather high, the volume thermal expansion coefficient αV=40×106 °C−1 for α-Bi2B8O15 is close to those of other bismuth borates.

A new compound, SrBi 2 B 4 O 10 , has been grown by cooling a melt with the stoichiometric composition. It is triclinic, P −1, a =6.819(1), b =6.856(1), c =9.812(2) A, α= 96.09(1), β =109.11(1), γ =101.94(1)°, V =416.5(1) A 3 , Z =2. The crystal structure of the compound has been solved by direct methods and refined to R 1 =0.050 (w R 2 =0.128). The structure contains Bi–O pseudolayers build up from Bi–O chains involving oxocentred OBi 3 triangles. Sr atoms and [B 4 O 9 ] 6− isolated anions (4B:3 Δ □: Δ □> Δ ) are located between the Bi–O packages. The thermal treatment as well as DSC experiment showed that the compound melts above 800 °C presumably according to the peritectic reaction: SrBi 2 B 4 O 10 ↔ SrB 2 O 4 +SrB 4 O 7 + Liquid. According to high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction study thermal expansion of SrBi 2 B 4 O 10 structure is anisotropic ( α 11 =13, α 22 =9, α 33 =2, α V =24×10 −6 °C −1 ).