Materials Data on UZn3 by Materials Project
UZn3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U is bonded to twelve equivalent Zn atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and face-sharing UZn12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.97 Å) and six longer (3.17 Å) U–Zn bond lengths. Zn is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four equivalent U and six equivalent Zn atoms. There are four shorter (2.74 Å) and two longer (2.85 Å) Zn–Zn bond lengths.
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