Materials Data on Pu3O2 by Materials Project
Pu3O2 is Corundum structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four equivalent O atoms. There are two shorter (2.46 Å) and two longer (2.53 Å) Pu–O bond lengths. O is bonded to six equivalent Pu atoms to form a mixture of edge, corner, and face-sharing OPu6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–50°.
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