La4NiCd crystallizes in the cubic F-43m space group. There are three inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ni(1) and three equivalent Cd(1) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ni(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. Ni(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent La(1), three equivalent La(2), and three equivalent La(3) atoms. Cd(1) is bonded to three equivalent La(1), three equivalent La(2), three equivalent La(3), and three equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing CdLa9Cd3 cuboctahedra.
La4NiCd crystallizes in the cubic F-43m space group. There are three inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ni(1) and three equivalent Cd(1) atoms. All La(1)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 2.91 Å. All La(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.60 Å. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Ni(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. Both La(2)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 2.93 Å. Both La(2)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.60 Å. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(1) and two equivalent Cd(1) atoms. Both La(3)-Ni(1) bond lengths are 3.60 Å. Both La(3)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.45 Å. Ni(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent La(1), three equivalent La(2), and three equivalent La(3) atoms. Cd(1) is bonded to three equivalent La(1), three equivalent La(2), three equivalent La(3), and three equivalent Cd(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing CdLa9Cd3 cuboctahedra. All Cd(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.12 Å.