Materials Data on HoCd2 by Materials Project
HoCd2 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ho is bonded to two equivalent Ho and twelve equivalent Cd atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, corner, and face-sharing HoHo2Cd12 cuboctahedra. Both Ho–Ho bond lengths are 3.44 Å. All Ho–Cd bond lengths are 3.34 Å. Cd is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Ho and five equivalent Cd atoms. There are three shorter (2.87 Å) and two longer (3.44 Å) Cd–Cd bond lengths.