Materials Data on Ag2HgI4 by Materials Project
Ag2HgI4 crystallizes in the tetragonal I-4 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ag1+ sites. In the first Ag1+ site, Ag1+ is bonded to four equivalent I1- atoms to form AgI4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent AgI4 tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent HgI4 tetrahedra. All Ag–I bond lengths are 2.87 Å. In the second Ag1+ site, Ag1+ is bonded to four equivalent I1- atoms to form AgI4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent AgI4 tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent HgI4 tetrahedra. All Ag–I bond lengths are 2.88 Å. Hg2+ is bonded to four equivalent I1- atoms to form HgI4 tetrahedra that share corners with eight AgI4 tetrahedra. All Hg–I bond lengths are 2.88 Å. I1- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Ag1+ and one Hg2+ atom.