Materials Data on RbY(CO3)4 by Materials Project

Abstract

RbY(CO3)4 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/a space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Rb is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O atoms. There are four shorter (2.73 Å) and four longer (3.47 Å) Rb–O bond lengths. Y is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O atoms. There are four shorter (2.37 Å) and four longer (2.41 Å) Y–O bond lengths. C is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two O atoms. Both C–O bond lengths are 1.26 Å. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Y and one C atom. In the second O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Rb atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Rb, one Y, and one C atom.