Materials Data on La(AlZn)2 by Materials Project
Al2LaZn2 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent Zn and eight equivalent Al atoms. All La–Zn bond lengths are 3.26 Å. All La–Al bond lengths are 3.49 Å. Zn is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La, one Zn, and four equivalent Al atoms. The Zn–Zn bond length is 2.50 Å. All Zn–Al bond lengths are 2.61 Å. Al is bonded to four equivalent La and four equivalent Zn atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing AlLa4Zn4 tetrahedra.