DOI: 10.17188/1737941
title: Materials Data on K7Hg31 by Materials Project

description: K7Hg31 crystallizes in the monoclinic Pm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are six inequivalent K sites. In the first K site, K is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to fourteen Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.72–4.02 Å. In the second K site, K is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.67–3.69 Å. In the third K site, K is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to fourteen Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.45–4.00 Å. In the fourth K site, K is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to fourteen Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.45–4.00 Å. In the fifth K site, K is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to fourteen Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.46–3.99 Å. In the sixth K site, K is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to fifteen Hg atoms. There are a spread of K–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.63–3.83 Å. There are twenty inequivalent Hg sites. In the first Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are a spread of Hg–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.10–3.35 Å. In the second Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are a spread of Hg–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.09–3.34 Å. In the third Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are a spread of Hg–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.09–3.34 Å. In the fourth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are two shorter (3.17 Å) and two longer (3.34 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the fifth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are two shorter (3.17 Å) and two longer (3.35 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the sixth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and six Hg atoms. There are two shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.34 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the seventh Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three K and four Hg atoms. There are one shorter (3.34 Å) and one longer (3.36 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the eighth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three K and four Hg atoms. There are one shorter (3.34 Å) and one longer (3.36 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the ninth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three K and four Hg atoms. Both Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.37 Å. In the tenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four K and six Hg atoms. There are one shorter (3.05 Å) and one longer (3.07 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the eleventh Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four K and six Hg atoms. There are one shorter (3.05 Å) and one longer (3.07 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the twelfth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to four K and six Hg atoms. There are one shorter (3.04 Å) and one longer (3.06 Å) Hg–Hg bond lengths. In the thirteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three K and one Hg atom. The Hg–Hg bond length is 3.17 Å. In the fourteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three K and one Hg atom. The Hg–Hg bond length is 3.16 Å. In the fifteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three K and one Hg atom. The Hg–Hg bond length is 3.17 Å. In the sixteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to four K and four Hg atoms. The Hg–Hg bond length is 2.94 Å. In the seventeenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four K and four Hg atoms. The Hg–Hg bond length is 3.03 Å. In the eighteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and two equivalent Hg atoms. In the nineteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and two equivalent Hg atoms. In the twentieth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent K and two equivalent Hg atoms.