Materials Data on LaTa3 by Materials Project
LaTa3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La is bonded to twelve equivalent Ta atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and corner-sharing LaTa12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.27 Å) and six longer (3.35 Å) La–Ta bond lengths. Ta is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La and six equivalent Ta atoms. There are two shorter (2.74 Å) and four longer (3.00 Å) Ta–Ta bond lengths.
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