Materials Data on Pu3Ga by Materials Project

Abstract

Pu3Ga is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu is bonded to eight equivalent Pu and four equivalent Ga atoms to form distorted PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent GaPu12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent GaPu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra. All Pu–Pu bond lengths are 2.92 Å. All Pu–Ga bond lengths are 2.92 Å. Ga is bonded to twelve equivalent Pu atoms to form GaPu12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent GaPu12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent GaPu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent PuPu8Ga4 cuboctahedra.