Materials Data on U(HO2)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

UO2(OH)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U6+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form corner-sharing UO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 41°. There are a spread of U–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.32 Å. H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to two O2- atoms. There is one shorter (1.00 Å) and one longer (1.72 Å) H–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent U6+ and one H1+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one U6+ and one H1+ atom.