Materials Data on CeGa6Pd by Materials Project

Abstract

CePdGa6 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ce is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to sixteen Ga atoms. There are eight shorter (3.37 Å) and eight longer (3.41 Å) Ce–Ga bond lengths. Pd is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Ga atoms. All Pd–Ga bond lengths are 2.62 Å. There are two inequivalent Ga sites. In the first Ga site, Ga is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ce and five Ga atoms. There are one shorter (2.40 Å) and four longer (2.62 Å) Ga–Ga bond lengths. In the second Ga site, Ga is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ce, two equivalent Pd, and two equivalent Ga atoms.