Materials Data on USiO4 by Materials Project
USiO4 is Zircon structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/amd space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U4+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.30 Å) and four longer (2.45 Å) U–O bond lengths. Si4+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Si–O bond lengths are 1.65 Å. O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two equivalent U4+ and one Si4+ atom.
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