Materials Data on LuCd2 by Materials Project
LuCd2 crystallizes in the trigonal P-3m1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Lu is bonded to two equivalent Lu and twelve equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing LuLu2Cd12 cuboctahedra. Both Lu–Lu bond lengths are 3.37 Å. There are six shorter (3.29 Å) and six longer (3.34 Å) Lu–Cd bond lengths. Cd is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Lu and five equivalent Cd atoms. There are three shorter (2.86 Å) and two longer (3.37 Å) Cd–Cd bond lengths.