Materials Data on Pu2O3 by Materials Project

Abstract

Pu2O3 crystallizes in the tetragonal P-4m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.31 Å) and two longer (2.41 Å) Pu–O bond lengths. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Pu3+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OPu4 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Pu3+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OPu4 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Pu3+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OPu4 tetrahedra.