DOI: 10.17188/1187532
title: Materials Data on Rb3Hg20 by Materials Project

description: Rb3Hg20 crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3n space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Rb is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Hg atoms. All Rb–Hg bond lengths are 4.09 Å. There are nineteen inequivalent Hg sites. In the first Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the second Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.11 Å. In the third Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.11 Å. In the fourth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five Hg atoms. There are a spread of Hg–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.07–3.36 Å. In the fifth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the sixth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five Hg atoms. There are a spread of Hg–Hg bond distances ranging from 3.11–3.36 Å. In the seventh Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.11 Å. In the eighth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. In the ninth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a cuboctahedral geometry to twelve Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.36 Å. In the tenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the eleventh Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. Both Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the twelfth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.11 Å. In the thirteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six equivalent Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the fourteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the fifteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent Rb and four equivalent Hg atoms. In the sixteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five Hg atoms. The Hg–Hg bond length is 3.07 Å. In the seventeenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six Hg atoms. All Hg–Rb bond lengths are 4.09 Å. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.20 Å. In the eighteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rb and six equivalent Hg atoms. In the nineteenth Hg site, Hg is bonded in a cuboctahedral geometry to twelve Hg atoms. All Hg–Hg bond lengths are 3.36 Å.