Materials Data on PuF3 by Materials Project
PuF3 is Sodium arsenide structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu3+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to eleven F1- atoms. There are a spread of Pu–F bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.69 Å. There are two inequivalent F1- sites. In the first F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Pu3+ atoms. In the second F1- site, F1- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Pu3+ atoms.
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