Materials Data on Rb3Ca by Materials Project
Rb3Ca is beta-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Rb is bonded to eight equivalent Rb and four equivalent Ca atoms to form distorted RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CaRb12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent CaRb12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CaRb12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Rb–Rb bond distances ranging from 4.58–4.87 Å. There are two shorter (4.66 Å) and two longer (4.73 Å) Rb–Ca bond lengths. Ca is bonded to twelve equivalent Rb atoms to form distorted CaRb12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent CaRb12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent CaRb12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent RbRb8Ca4 cuboctahedra.