“…Now consider the ten binary phases of the system represented by the sides of the triangle (figure 1). Counting clockwise from the CuO corner, they are; Sr4Cu701, [22], SrCuO, [23], Sr,Cu03 [24], X-a phase of rather large domain of existence with its compositional centre corresponding to the formula Sr7Bi201,, Sr3Bi,0,, SrBiO,,, [25], Sr3Bi409, SrBi204, Y-another wide ranging homogeneous phase with its midpoint composition reflected by the formula SrBi407, and, finally, CuBi204 [26].…”