Materials Data on GdP5 by Materials Project

Abstract

GdP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Gd3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight P+0.60- atoms. There are a spread of Gd–P bond distances ranging from 2.97–3.01 Å. There are three inequivalent P+0.60- sites. In the first P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three P+0.60- atoms to form distorted PGdP3 tetrahedra that share corners with nine PGd2P2 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one PGdP3 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–P bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.23 Å. In the second P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded to two equivalent Gd3+ and two P+0.60- atoms to form PGd2P2 tetrahedra that share corners with fifteen PGdP3 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one PGd2P2 tetrahedra. The P–P bond length is 2.23 Å. In the third P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded to two equivalent Gd3+ and two equivalent P+0.60- atoms to form distorted corner-sharing PGd2P2 tetrahedra.