Materials Data on La3Cd by Materials Project
La3Cd is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent La and four equivalent Cd atoms. There are a spread of La–La bond distances ranging from 3.44–3.85 Å. There are two shorter (3.46 Å) and two longer (3.65 Å) La–Cd bond lengths. Cd is bonded to twelve equivalent La atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing CdLa12 cuboctahedra.