Materials Data on ScOs2 by Materials Project
ScOs2 is Hexagonal Laves structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sc3+ is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to twelve Os+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–Os bond distances ranging from 3.05–3.09 Å. There are two inequivalent Os+1.50- sites. In the first Os+1.50- site, Os+1.50- is bonded to six equivalent Sc3+ and six equivalent Os+1.50- atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing OsSc6Os6 cuboctahedra. All Os–Os bond lengths are 2.66 Å. In the second Os+1.50- site, Os+1.50- is bonded to six equivalent Sc3+ and six Os+1.50- atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing OsSc6Os6 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.51 Å) and two longer (2.70 Å) Os–Os bond lengths.