Materials Data on EuP3 by Materials Project
EuP3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Eu2+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to nine P+0.67- atoms. There are a spread of Eu–P bond distances ranging from 2.95–3.32 Å. There are two inequivalent P+0.67- sites. In the first P+0.67- site, P+0.67- is bonded in a distorted tetrahedral geometry to one Eu2+ and three P+0.67- atoms. There are two shorter (2.23 Å) and one longer (2.29 Å) P–P bond lengths. In the second P+0.67- site, P+0.67- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Eu2+ and two P+0.67- atoms. The P–P bond length is 2.25 Å.