Materials Data on Zr5Sn4 by Materials Project
Zr5Sn4 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Sn atoms. All Zr–Sn bond lengths are 3.13 Å. In the second Zr site, Zr is bonded to seven Sn atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing ZrSn7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Zr–Sn bond distances ranging from 2.90–3.13 Å. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn is bonded to six equivalent Zr atoms to form distorted face-sharing SnZr6 octahedra. In the second Sn site, Sn is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Zr atoms.
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