DOI: 10.17188/1700802
title: Materials Data on CuSnPd2 by Materials Project

description: Pd2CuSn crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd is bonded to four equivalent Pd, four equivalent Cu, and four Sn atoms to form distorted PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent PdCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with eight SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, faces with four SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, and faces with ten PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra. All Pd–Pd bond lengths are 2.88 Å. All Pd–Cu bond lengths are 2.76 Å. There are a spread of Pd–Sn bond distances ranging from 2.70–2.94 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd is bonded to six Pd, two equivalent Cu, and four Sn atoms to form distorted PdCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent PdCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with eight SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, faces with four SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, and faces with ten PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra. Both Pd–Pd bond lengths are 2.92 Å. Both Pd–Cu bond lengths are 2.80 Å. There are two shorter (2.77 Å) and two longer (2.87 Å) Pd–Sn bond lengths. Cu is bonded to six Pd, two equivalent Cu, and four Sn atoms to form CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent PdCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with eight SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra. Both Cu–Cu bond lengths are 2.76 Å. There are two shorter (2.79 Å) and two longer (2.85 Å) Cu–Sn bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn is bonded to eight Pd and four equivalent Cu atoms to form SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, faces with six SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra. In the second Sn site, Sn is bonded to four equivalent Pd and eight equivalent Cu atoms to form SnCu8Pd4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, faces with six SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra. In the third Sn site, Sn is bonded to twelve Pd atoms to form SnPd12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent CuCu2Sn4Pd6 cuboctahedra, faces with six SnCu4Pd8 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve PdCu4Sn4Pd4 cuboctahedra.