data_1010268 _chemical_name_systematic 'Potassium nitrate(III)' _chemical_formula_structural 'K N O2' _chemical_formula_sum 'K N O2' _publ_section_title ; The Crystal Structure of Potassium Nitrite, K N O~2~ ; _publ_author_name 'Ziegler, G E' _journal_name_full ; Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie, Kristallgeometrie, Kristallphysik, Kristallchemie (-144,1977) ; _journal_coden_ASTM ZEKGAX _journal_volume 94 _journal_year 1936 _journal_page_first 491 _journal_page_last 499 _cell_length_a 4.45 _cell_length_b 4.99 _cell_length_c 7.31 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 114.83 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 147.3 _cell_formula_units_Z 2 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 m 1' _symmetry_Int_Tables_number 8 _symmetry_cell_setting monoclinic loop_ _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz 'x,y,z' 'x,-y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,z' loop_ _atom_type_symbol _atom_type_oxidation_number K1+ 1.000 N3+ 3.000 O2- -2.000 loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_type_symbol _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity _atom_site_Wyckoff_symbol _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_attached_hydrogens _atom_site_calc_flag K1 K1+ 2 a 0. 0. 0. 1. 0 d N1 N3+ 2 a 0.5 0. 0.486 1. 0 d O1 O2- 4 b 0.444 0.194 0.417 1. 0 d