Materials Data on PuS2 by Materials Project
PuS2 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu4+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine S2- atoms. There are a spread of Pu–S bond distances ranging from 2.84–2.86 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to five equivalent Pu4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing SPu5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Pu4+ atoms.
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