Materials Data on ZrCu3 by Materials Project
ZrCu3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Zr is bonded to twelve equivalent Cu atoms to form a mixture of face and corner-sharing ZrCu12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.77 Å) and six longer (2.83 Å) Zr–Cu bond lengths. Cu is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Zr and eight equivalent Cu atoms. There are a spread of Cu–Cu bond distances ranging from 2.57–3.09 Å.
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