Materials Data on Nb3Pd by Materials Project
Nb3Pd crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Nb sites. In the first Nb site, Nb is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Nb and two equivalent Pd atoms. Both Nb–Nb bond lengths are 2.92 Å. Both Nb–Pd bond lengths are 2.79 Å. In the second Nb site, Nb is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight Nb atoms. All Nb–Nb bond lengths are 2.81 Å. Pd is bonded to four equivalent Nb atoms to form distorted edge-sharing PdNb4 cuboctahedra.
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