Materials Data on Ac3Lu by Materials Project
Ac3Lu is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ac is bonded to eight equivalent Ac and four equivalent Lu atoms to form AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent LuAc12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent LuAc12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent LuAc12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Ac–Ac bond distances ranging from 3.83–3.99 Å. There are two shorter (3.85 Å) and two longer (3.91 Å) Ac–Lu bond lengths. Lu is bonded to twelve equivalent Ac atoms to form LuAc12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent LuAc12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent LuAc12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent AcAc8Lu4 cuboctahedra.