Materials Data on GdCoB4 by Materials Project

Abstract

GdCoB4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbam space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Gd3+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to fourteen B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of Gd–B bond distances ranging from 2.59–2.72 Å. Co3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of Co–B bond distances ranging from 2.20–2.30 Å. There are four inequivalent B+1.50- sites. In the first B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Gd3+, two equivalent Co3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of B–B bond distances ranging from 1.74–1.86 Å. In the second B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd3+, four equivalent Co3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. There is one shorter (1.68 Å) and one longer (1.73 Å) B–B bond length. In the third B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Gd3+, two equivalent Co3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. The B–B bond length is 1.80 Å. In the fourth B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Gd3+, two equivalent Co3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. The B–B bond length is 1.82 Å.