The structure described by Li4Cr3GaO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ga(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. There are two inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. Ga(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form GaO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li4Cr3GaO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.131
_cell_length_b   5.909
_cell_length_c   5.956
_cell_angle_alpha   119.738
_cell_angle_beta   106.636
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   148.043
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Cr  Cr0  1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr1  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr2  1  1.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ga  Ga3  1  0.500  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  1.000  1.000  1.000  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.500  0.250  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.500  0.750  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.243  0.363  0.726  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.757  0.137  0.274  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.242  0.863  0.726  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.758  0.637  0.274  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.741  0.113  0.725  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.259  0.387  0.275  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.259  0.888  0.275  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.741  0.612  0.725  1.0
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The structure described by Li4Cr3GaO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ga(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. There are two inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ga(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. Ga(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form GaO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), two equivalent Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ga(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ga octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ga octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Li4Cr3GaO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.131
_cell_length_b   5.909
_cell_length_c   5.956
_cell_angle_alpha   119.738
_cell_angle_beta   106.636
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   148.043
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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  1  'x, y, z'
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  Cr  Cr0  1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr1  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr2  1  1.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ga  Ga3  1  0.500  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  1.000  1.000  1.000  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.500  0.250  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.500  0.750  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.243  0.363  0.726  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.757  0.137  0.274  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.242  0.863  0.726  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.758  0.637  0.274  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.741  0.113  0.725  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.259  0.387  0.275  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.259  0.888  0.275  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.741  0.612  0.725  1.0
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