Materials Data on Zr8Sc2O19 by Materials Project

Abstract

Sc2Zr8O19 is alpha bismuth trifluoride-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Pm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sc3+ sites. In the first Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.24 Å. In the second Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.37 Å. There are eight inequivalent Zr4+ sites. In the first Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.32 Å. In the second Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.32 Å. In the third Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.28 Å. In the fourth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.27 Å. In the fifth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.24 Å. In the sixth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.26 Å. In the seventh Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.33 Å. In the eighth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.14–2.30 Å. There are nineteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sc3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sc3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OSc4 tetrahedra and edges with five OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Sc3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OSc4 tetrahedra. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sc3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sc3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OSc4 tetrahedra and edges with five OZr2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra.