DOE OSTI2020
Eu8In3 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent Eu sites. In the first Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.49–3.84 Å. In the second Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.31–3.78 Å. In the third Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.42–3.67 Å. In the fourth Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.37–3.74 Å. In the fifth Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.35–3.76 Å. In the sixth Eu site, Eu is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.37–3.86 Å. In the seventh Eu site, Eu is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.42–3.53 Å. In the eighth Eu site, Eu is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three In atoms. There are a spread of Eu–In bond distances ranging from 3.41–3.59 Å. There are four inequivalent In sites. In the first In site, In is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten Eu atoms. In the second In site, In is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten Eu atoms. In the third In site, In is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Eu atoms. In the fourth In site, In is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to ten Eu atoms.