Materials Data on Pu3Ge by Materials Project

Abstract

Pu3Ge 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 Ge atoms to form distorted PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent GePu12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent GePu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra. All Pu–Pu bond lengths are 3.25 Å. All Pu–Ge bond lengths are 3.25 Å. Ge is bonded to twelve equivalent Pu atoms to form GePu12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent GePu12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent GePu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent PuPu8Ge4 cuboctahedra.