CdGeO3 is Orthorhombic Perovskite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Cd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2) and six equivalent O(1) atoms. Ge(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form corner-sharing GeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 29-30°. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OCd2Ge2 tetrahedra.
CdGeO3 is Orthorhombic Perovskite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. Cd(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2) and six equivalent O(1) atoms. There is one shorter (2.25 Å) and one longer (2.39 Å) Cd(1)-O(2) bond length. There are a spread of Cd(1)-O(1) bond distances ranging from 2.28-2.69 Å. Ge(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form corner-sharing GeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 29-30°. Both Ge(1)-O(2) bond lengths are 1.96 Å. There are two shorter (1.93 Å) and two longer (1.96 Å) Ge(1)-O(1) bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Cd(1) and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OCd2Ge2 tetrahedra.