Crystal structure of high-temperature modification of
Pd73Sn14Te13 has been refined by the Rietveld method from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data. Refined crystallographic data of
Pd73Sn14Te13 are a=7.6456(3) Å, c=13.9575(9) Å, V=706.75(6) Å3, space group P63cm (No. 185), Z=6, and Dx=10.71 g/cm3. The title compound is isostructural with
Pd5Sb2 and
Ni5As2; it can be considered as a stacking and filling variant of the
Ni2In
structure. An important structural feature in the high-temperature modification of
Pd73Sn14Te13 is the presence of various
Pd-Pd
bonds.