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Title: Materials Data on U2(SiGe)3 by Materials Project

Abstract

U2(GeSi)3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U3+ is bonded to six Si4- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing USi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–88°. There are a spread of U–Si bond distances ranging from 2.88–2.93 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge2+ sites. In the first Ge2+ site, Ge2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Ge–Si bond distances ranging from 2.87–2.94 Å. In the second Ge2+ site, Ge2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Si4- atoms. All Ge–Si bond lengths are 2.92 Å. There are three inequivalent Si4- sites. In the first Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U3+ and four equivalent Ge2+ atoms. In the second Si4- site, Si4- is bonded to four equivalent U3+ and eight Ge2+ atoms to form a mixture of face and corner-sharing SiU4Ge8 cuboctahedra. In the third Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U3+ and four equivalent Ge2+ atoms.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-1216613
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; U2(SiGe)3; Ge-Si-U
OSTI Identifier:
1728268
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1728268

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on U2(SiGe)3 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1728268.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on U2(SiGe)3 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1728268
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on U2(SiGe)3 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1728268. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1728268. Pub date:Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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title = {Materials Data on U2(SiGe)3 by Materials Project},
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abstractNote = {U2(GeSi)3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U3+ is bonded to six Si4- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing USi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–88°. There are a spread of U–Si bond distances ranging from 2.88–2.93 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge2+ sites. In the first Ge2+ site, Ge2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Ge–Si bond distances ranging from 2.87–2.94 Å. In the second Ge2+ site, Ge2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent Si4- atoms. All Ge–Si bond lengths are 2.92 Å. There are three inequivalent Si4- sites. In the first Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U3+ and four equivalent Ge2+ atoms. In the second Si4- site, Si4- is bonded to four equivalent U3+ and eight Ge2+ atoms to form a mixture of face and corner-sharing SiU4Ge8 cuboctahedra. In the third Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U3+ and four equivalent Ge2+ atoms.},
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year = {Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
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