DOE OSTI2020
Zr3Pb is Uranium Silicide-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr is bonded to eight Zr and four equivalent Pb atoms to form distorted ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent PbZr12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent PbZr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with ten equivalent ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.11 Å) and four longer (3.27 Å) Zr–Zr bond lengths. All Zr–Pb bond lengths are 3.27 Å. In the second Zr site, Zr is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to eight equivalent Zr and four equivalent Pb atoms. All Zr–Pb bond lengths are 3.11 Å. Pb is bonded to twelve Zr atoms to form PbZr12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent PbZr12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent PbZr12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent PbZr12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent ZrZr8Pb4 cuboctahedra.