Materials Data on US2O13 by Materials Project
UO5(SO4)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of eight sulfuric acid molecules and four UO5 ribbons oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. In each UO5 ribbon, U is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six O atoms. There are a spread of U–O bond distances ranging from 1.80–2.85 Å. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one U atom. In the second O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one U atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one U atom. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent U atoms.
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