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Title: Materials Data on K3UF7 by Materials Project

Abstract

K3UF7 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/a space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent K1+ sites. In the first K1+ site, K1+ is bonded to six F1- atoms to form KF6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids. All K–F bond lengths are 2.67 Å. In the second K1+ site, K1+ is bonded to eight F1- atoms to form distorted KF8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four shorter (2.71 Å) and four longer (2.79 Å) K–F bond lengths. In the third K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine F1- atoms. There are a spread of K–F bond distances ranging from 2.63–3.25 Å. U4+ is bonded to seven F1- atoms to form UF7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent KF8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent KF6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one KF8 hexagonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–37°. There are a spread of U–F bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.30 Å. There are four inequivalent F1- sites. In the first F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometrymore » to three K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the second F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the third F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to five K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the fourth F1- site, F1- is bonded to three K1+ and one U4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing FK3U tetrahedra.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-13897
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Collaborations:
MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Keywords:
crystal structure; K3UF7; F-K-U
OSTI Identifier:
1189796
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1189796

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on K3UF7 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1189796.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on K3UF7 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1189796
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on K3UF7 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1189796. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1189796. Pub date:Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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title = {Materials Data on K3UF7 by Materials Project},
author = {The Materials Project},
abstractNote = {K3UF7 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/a space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent K1+ sites. In the first K1+ site, K1+ is bonded to six F1- atoms to form KF6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids. All K–F bond lengths are 2.67 Å. In the second K1+ site, K1+ is bonded to eight F1- atoms to form distorted KF8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent UF7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four shorter (2.71 Å) and four longer (2.79 Å) K–F bond lengths. In the third K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine F1- atoms. There are a spread of K–F bond distances ranging from 2.63–3.25 Å. U4+ is bonded to seven F1- atoms to form UF7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent KF8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent KF6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one KF8 hexagonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–37°. There are a spread of U–F bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.30 Å. There are four inequivalent F1- sites. In the first F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the second F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the third F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to five K1+ and one U4+ atom. In the fourth F1- site, F1- is bonded to three K1+ and one U4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing FK3U tetrahedra.},
doi = {10.17188/1189796},
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year = {Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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