YbCd3 is alpha bismuth trifluoride structured and crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to six equivalent Cd(2) and eight equivalent Cd(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) and four equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing CdYb4Cd4 tetrahedra. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Yb(1) and eight equivalent Cd(1) atoms.
YbCd3 is alpha bismuth trifluoride structured and crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. Yb(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to six equivalent Cd(2) and eight equivalent Cd(1) atoms. All Yb(1)-Cd(2) bond lengths are 3.55 Å. All Yb(1)-Cd(1) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. There are two inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded to four equivalent Yb(1) and four equivalent Cd(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted face, corner, and edge-sharing CdYb4Cd4 tetrahedra. All Cd(1)-Cd(2) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 14-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Yb(1) and eight equivalent Cd(1) atoms.