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Title: Materials Data on La2Th2O7 by Materials Project

Abstract

Th2La2O7 crystallizes in the tetragonal P-4m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Th4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Th–O bond distances ranging from 2.39–2.50 Å. La3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.32–2.57 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent La3+ atoms to form OLa4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OLa4 tetrahedra and edges with two equivalent OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Th4+ and two equivalent La3+ atoms to form OLa2Th2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OTh4 tetrahedra and edges with five OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Th4+ and two equivalent La3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Th4+ atoms to form OTh4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OLa2Th2 tetrahedra and edges with six OTh4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Th4+ atomsmore » to form OTh4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OTh4 tetrahedra and edges with six OLa2Th2 tetrahedra.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-753156
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; La2Th2O7; La-O-Th
OSTI Identifier:
1288914
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1288914

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on La2Th2O7 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1288914.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on La2Th2O7 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1288914
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on La2Th2O7 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1288914. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1288914. Pub date:Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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title = {Materials Data on La2Th2O7 by Materials Project},
author = {The Materials Project},
abstractNote = {Th2La2O7 crystallizes in the tetragonal P-4m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Th4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Th–O bond distances ranging from 2.39–2.50 Å. La3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.32–2.57 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent La3+ atoms to form OLa4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OLa4 tetrahedra and edges with two equivalent OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Th4+ and two equivalent La3+ atoms to form OLa2Th2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OTh4 tetrahedra and edges with five OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Th4+ and two equivalent La3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLa2Th2 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Th4+ atoms to form OTh4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OLa2Th2 tetrahedra and edges with six OTh4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Th4+ atoms to form OTh4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OTh4 tetrahedra and edges with six OLa2Th2 tetrahedra.},
doi = {10.17188/1288914},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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