skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Materials Data on U2Cu3Si4Ni by Materials Project

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1750444· OSTI ID:1750444

U2NiCu3Si4 crystallizes in the tetragonal P-4m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U5+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight Si4- atoms. There are four shorter (3.02 Å) and four longer (3.03 Å) U–Si bond lengths. Ni2+ is bonded to four equivalent Si4- atoms to form NiSi4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent NiSi4 tetrahedra and edges with four equivalent CuSi4 tetrahedra. All Ni–Si bond lengths are 2.34 Å. There are two inequivalent Cu+1.33+ sites. In the first Cu+1.33+ site, Cu+1.33+ is bonded to four equivalent Si4- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CuSi4 tetrahedra. All Cu–Si bond lengths are 2.40 Å. In the second Cu+1.33+ site, Cu+1.33+ is bonded to four equivalent Si4- atoms to form CuSi4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent CuSi4 tetrahedra and edges with four equivalent NiSi4 tetrahedra. All Cu–Si bond lengths are 2.34 Å. There are two inequivalent Si4- sites. In the first Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U5+, two equivalent Ni2+, two equivalent Cu+1.33+, and one Si4- atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.34 Å. In the second Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U5+, four equivalent Cu+1.33+, and one Si4- atom.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Contributing Organization:
MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
OSTI ID:
1750444
Report Number(s):
mp-1217046
Resource Relation:
Related Information: https://materialsproject.org/citing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Materials Data on UCuSi2Ni by Materials Project
Dataset · Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1750444

Materials Data on CeCuSi2Ni by Materials Project
Dataset · Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1750444

Materials Data on LaCuSi2Ni by Materials Project
Dataset · Sun May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1750444