Materials Data on SmVO4 by Materials Project
SmVO4 is Zircon structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/amd space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sm3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.39 Å) and four longer (2.50 Å) Sm–O bond lengths. V5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All V–O bond lengths are 1.74 Å. O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm3+ and one V5+ atom.
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