DOI: 10.17188/1283730
title: Materials Data on Cd3(PO4)2 by Materials Project

description: Cd3(PO4)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are nine inequivalent Cd2+ sites. In the first Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.22–2.82 Å. In the second Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.58 Å. In the third Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted CdO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with five PO4 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one CdO5 trigonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.32 Å. In the fourth Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted CdO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with five PO4 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one CdO5 trigonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.19–2.34 Å. In the fifth Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.58 Å. In the sixth Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.71 Å. In the seventh Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.77 Å. In the eighth Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.75 Å. In the ninth Cd2+ site, Cd2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cd–O bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.69 Å. There are six inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two CdO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.55–1.57 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one CdO5 trigonal bipyramid. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.55–1.57 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three CdO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.55–1.58 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There is one shorter (1.55 Å) and three longer (1.56 Å) P–O bond length. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three CdO5 trigonal bipyramids. All P–O bond lengths are 1.56 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one CdO5 trigonal bipyramid. There is two shorter (1.55 Å) and two longer (1.57 Å) P–O bond length. There are twenty-four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Cd2+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Cd2+ and one P5+ atom.