Materials Data on Be3Ge by Materials Project
Be3Ge is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Be sites. In the first Be site, Be is bonded to eight Be and four equivalent Ge atoms to form distorted BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.46 Å) and four longer (2.48 Å) Be–Be bond lengths. All Be–Ge bond lengths are 2.48 Å. In the second Be site, Be is bonded to eight equivalent Be and four equivalent Ge atoms to form distorted BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra. All Be–Ge bond lengths are 2.46 Å. Ge is bonded to twelve Be atoms to form GeBe12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent GeBe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen BeBe8Ge4 cuboctahedra.