Materials Data on CdN by Materials Project
CdN is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cd2+ is bonded to six equivalent N2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing CdN6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 47°. All Cd–N bond lengths are 2.43 Å. N2- is bonded to six equivalent Cd2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing NCd6 pentagonal pyramids.