Materials Data on NaU(Te3O8)2 by Materials Project
NaU(Te3O8)2 crystallizes in the cubic Pa-3 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Na1+ is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to six equivalent O2- atoms. All Na–O bond lengths are 2.54 Å. U5+ is bonded to eight O2- atoms to form distorted UO8 hexagonal bipyramids that share edges with six equivalent TeO5 square pyramids. There are two shorter (1.85 Å) and six longer (2.44 Å) U–O bond lengths. Te+4.33+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted TeO5 square pyramids that share corners with six equivalent TeO5 square pyramids and an edgeedge with one UO8 hexagonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Te–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.32 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Na1+ and two equivalent Te+4.33+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one U5+ and two equivalent Te+4.33+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one U5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Te+4.33+ atoms.