Materials Data on Gd3Ga by Materials Project

Abstract

Gd3Ga is Uranium Silicide structured and crystallizes in the cubic Pm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Gd is bonded to eight equivalent Gd and four equivalent Ga atoms to form distorted GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent GaGd12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent GaGd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen equivalent GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra. All Gd–Gd bond lengths are 3.37 Å. All Gd–Ga bond lengths are 3.37 Å. Ga is bonded to twelve equivalent Gd atoms to form GaGd12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent GaGd12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four equivalent GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent GaGd12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent GdGd8Ga4 cuboctahedra.