Single Crystal Growth and Structural Characterization of a Novel Mixed-Valent Ternary Uranium Oxide, K₈U₇O₂₄

Author(s)

Cory M. Read, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Mark D. Smith, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Hans-Conrad zur Loye, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Paper

Subject Area(s)

Chemistry

Abstract

Single crystals of K₈U₇O₂₄ (K₈U_7.04O₂₄) were grown out of a reactive potassium fluoride flux and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The reaction was carried out in a sealed copper tube. The title compound crystallizes in the cubic space group Im-3m with a = 8.65050(10) Å. The material exhibits an ordered perovskite structure type that is a 2 × 2 × 2 cubic superstructure of the CaTiO₃ perovskite type. Six of the uranium atoms in the composition are in the +6 oxidation state, while the seventh one is +4. The uranium(VI) atom is located in a distorted UO₆ octahedral coordination environment containing two short, 1.966(5) Å, and four long, 2.16260(10) Å, U–O bonds, consistent with the uranyl cation, UO₂ ²⁺. The uranium(IV) atom is in a regular octahedral environment with U–O bonds of 2.359(5) Å.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-014-0555-x

Publication Info

Published in Journal of Chemical Crystallography, Volume 44, 2014, pages 604-608.

Rights

© Journal of Chemical Crystallography 2014, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

APA Citation

Read, C., Smith, M., & zur Loye, H.-C. (2014). Single Crystal Growth and Structural Characterization of a Novel Mixed-Valent Ternary Uranium Oxide, K₈U₇O₂₄. Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 44, 604–608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-014-0555-x