Materials Data on Pm3Al by Materials Project
Pm3Al is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pm is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent Pm and four equivalent Al atoms. There are a spread of Pm–Pm bond distances ranging from 3.29–3.75 Å. There are two shorter (3.31 Å) and two longer (3.52 Å) Pm–Al bond lengths. Al is bonded to twelve equivalent Pm atoms to form a mixture of face and corner-sharing AlPm12 cuboctahedra.