Materials Data on Hg3Bi by Materials Project

Abstract

Hg3Bi is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Hg is bonded to eight equivalent Hg and four equivalent Bi atoms to form distorted HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent BiHg12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent BiHg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.37 Å. All Hg–Bi bond lengths are 3.37 Å. Bi is bonded to twelve equivalent Hg atoms to form BiHg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent BiHg12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent BiHg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent HgHg8Bi4 cuboctahedra.