DOI: 10.17188/1307751
title: Materials Data on TaCo3 by Materials Project

description: Co3Ta is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ta sites. In the first Ta site, Ta is bonded to twelve Co atoms to form TaCo12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.58 Å) and six longer (2.60 Å) Ta–Co bond lengths. In the second Ta site, Ta is bonded to twelve Co atoms to form TaCo12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, corners with nine equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-one CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Ta–Co bond distances ranging from 2.57–2.62 Å. There are nine inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with six TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.52 Å) and four longer (2.58 Å) Co–Co bond lengths. In the second Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with six TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.58 Å) and two longer (2.62 Å) Co–Ta bond lengths. There are four shorter (2.52 Å) and two longer (2.58 Å) Co–Co bond lengths. In the third Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form distorted CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with thirteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fifteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Co–Co bond distances ranging from 2.44–2.73 Å. In the fourth Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form distorted CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with thirteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fifteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.52 Å) and one longer (2.55 Å) Co–Co bond lengths. In the fifth Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form distorted CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with thirteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fifteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. The Co–Ta bond length is 2.60 Å. There are a spread of Co–Co bond distances ranging from 2.44–2.73 Å. In the sixth Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form distorted CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with thirteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fifteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. In the seventh Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with six TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.52 Å) and four longer (2.58 Å) Co–Co bond lengths. In the eighth Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form distorted CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with thirteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with seven TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fifteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are one shorter (2.57 Å) and two longer (2.58 Å) Co–Ta bond lengths. There are a spread of Co–Co bond distances ranging from 2.44–2.73 Å. In the ninth Co site, Co is bonded to four Ta and eight Co atoms to form CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent TaCo12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, edges with six TaCo12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra, faces with four TaCo12 cuboctahedra, and faces with sixteen CoTa4Co8 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (2.58 Å) and two longer (2.62 Å) Co–Ta bond lengths. There are one shorter (2.52 Å) and four longer (2.58 Å) Co–Co bond lengths.