Materials Data on Ca2CdPd2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ca2Pd2Cd crystallizes in the orthorhombic Immm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ca is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Pd and four equivalent Cd atoms. There are two shorter (3.07 Å) and four longer (3.17 Å) Ca–Pd bond lengths. There are two shorter (3.45 Å) and two longer (3.46 Å) Ca–Cd bond lengths. Pd is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Ca, one Pd, and two equivalent Cd atoms. The Pd–Pd bond length is 2.72 Å. Both Pd–Cd bond lengths are 2.77 Å. Cd is bonded to eight equivalent Ca and four equivalent Pd atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and face-sharing CdCa8Pd4 cuboctahedra.