Materials Data on SnPd2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Pd2Sn is Cotunnite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Pd and five equivalent Sn atoms. There are a spread of Pd–Pd bond distances ranging from 2.96–3.20 Å. There are a spread of Pd–Sn bond distances ranging from 2.71–3.04 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to eight Pd and five equivalent Sn atoms. Both Pd–Pd bond lengths are 2.92 Å. There are a spread of Pd–Sn bond distances ranging from 2.75–3.00 Å. Sn is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten Pd atoms.