Materials Data on HoLu3 by Materials Project

Abstract

Lu3Ho is Magnesium-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Lu is bonded to eight equivalent Lu and four equivalent Ho atoms to form LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent HoLu12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent HoLu12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent HoLu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Lu–Lu bond distances ranging from 3.43–3.54 Å. There are two shorter (3.44 Å) and two longer (3.53 Å) Lu–Ho bond lengths. Ho is bonded to twelve equivalent Lu atoms to form HoLu12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent HoLu12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent HoLu12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent LuHo4Lu8 cuboctahedra.