Materials Data on Yb2Pt by Materials Project
Yb2Pt is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb is bonded to four equivalent Pt atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing YbPt4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Yb–Pt bond distances ranging from 2.87–2.97 Å. In the second Yb site, Yb is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Pt atoms. There are a spread of Yb–Pt bond distances ranging from 3.08–3.36 Å. Pt is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Yb atoms.
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