Materials Data on YCd2 by Materials Project
YCd2 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y is bonded to twelve equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and edge-sharing YCd12 cuboctahedra. All Y–Cd bond lengths are 3.36 Å. Cd is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Y and five equivalent Cd atoms. There are three shorter (2.87 Å) and two longer (3.49 Å) Cd–Cd bond lengths.
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