Materials Data on K3Cd by Materials Project

Abstract

K3Cd is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. K is bonded to eight equivalent K and four equivalent Cd atoms to form distorted KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent CdK12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CdK12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra. All K–K bond lengths are 4.21 Å. All K–Cd bond lengths are 4.21 Å. Cd is bonded to twelve equivalent K atoms to form CdK12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent CdK12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent CdK12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent KK8Cd4 cuboctahedra.