Materials Data on BeZn13 by Materials Project
Be(Zn)13 crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3c space group. The structure is three-dimensional and consists of eight beryllium metal molecules and one Zn framework. In the Zn framework, there are two inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn is bonded in a cuboctahedral geometry to twelve equivalent Zn atoms. All Zn–Zn bond lengths are 2.66 Å. In the second Zn site, Zn is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten Zn atoms. There are a spread of Zn–Zn bond distances ranging from 2.53–2.94 Å.
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