Materials Data on AcCe3 by Materials Project
AcCe3 is Magnesium-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ac is bonded to twelve equivalent Ce atoms to form AcCe12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent AcCe12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent AcCe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.59 Å) and six longer (3.67 Å) Ac–Ce bond lengths. Ce is bonded to four equivalent Ac and eight equivalent Ce atoms to form CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent AcCe12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent AcCe12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent AcCe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen equivalent CeAc4Ce8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Ce–Ce bond distances ranging from 3.37–3.81 Å.