Materials Data on PbF2 by Materials Project
PbF2 is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pb2+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven F1- atoms. There are a spread of Pb–F bond distances ranging from 2.43–2.67 Å. There are two inequivalent F1- sites. In the first F1- site, F1- is bonded to four equivalent Pb2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing FPb4 tetrahedra. In the second F1- site, F1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Pb2+ atoms.