Materials Data on BaBr2 by Materials Project
BaBr2 is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Br1- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–Br bond distances ranging from 3.28–3.90 Å. There are two inequivalent Br1- sites. In the first Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing BrBa4 tetrahedra. In the second Br1- site, Br1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Ba2+ atoms.