Materials Data on DyCd2 by Materials Project
DyCd2 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Dy is bonded to two equivalent Dy and twelve equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing DyDy2Cd12 cuboctahedra. Both Dy–Dy bond lengths are 3.45 Å. All Dy–Cd bond lengths are 3.35 Å. Cd is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Dy and five equivalent Cd atoms. There are three shorter (2.87 Å) and two longer (3.45 Å) Cd–Cd bond lengths.
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