Materials Data on PrNiGe3 by Materials Project
PrNiGe3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pr is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni and ten Ge atoms. All Pr–Ni bond lengths are 3.24 Å. There are a spread of Pr–Ge bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.29 Å. Ni is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Pr and five Ge atoms. There are a spread of Ni–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.39 Å. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pr, two equivalent Ni, and five Ge atoms. There are one shorter (2.49 Å) and four longer (2.96 Å) Ge–Ge bond lengths. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pr, two equivalent Ni, and five Ge atoms. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.49 Å. In the third Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Pr, one Ni, and two equivalent Ge atoms. Both Ge–Ge bond lengths are 2.57 Å.