Materials Data on U2Te3 by Materials Project
U2Te3 is Stibnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent U3+ sites. In the first U3+ site, U3+ is bonded to seven Te2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing UTe7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of U–Te bond distances ranging from 3.08–3.16 Å. In the second U3+ site, U3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of U–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.59 Å. There are three inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five U3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeU5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five U3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeU5 square pyramids. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five U3+ atoms.