The material structure described by V5Ge3 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(2) and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2) and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2) and eight equivalent V(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent V(1) and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_V5Ge3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.853
_cell_length_b   7.193
_cell_length_c   7.193
_cell_angle_alpha   83.465
_cell_angle_beta   70.284
_cell_angle_gamma   70.284
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   222.501
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  V  V0  1  0.729  0.846  0.697  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.271  0.154  0.303  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.771  0.303  0.154  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.229  0.697  0.846  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.575  0.697  0.154  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.425  0.303  0.846  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.075  0.154  0.697  1.0
  V  V7  1  0.925  0.846  0.303  1.0
  V  V8  1  0.750  0.500  0.500  1.0
  V  V9  1  0.250  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.166  0.500  0.167  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.834  0.500  0.833  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.334  0.833  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.666  0.167  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge14  1  0.250  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge15  1  0.750  0.000  0.000  1.0
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The material structure described by V5Ge3 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mcm space group. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(2) and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2) and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent V(2) and eight equivalent V(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to eight equivalent V(1) and two equivalent Ge(2) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_V5Ge3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.853
_cell_length_b   7.193
_cell_length_c   7.193
_cell_angle_alpha   83.465
_cell_angle_beta   70.284
_cell_angle_gamma   70.284
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   222.501
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  V  V0  1  0.729  0.846  0.697  1.0
  V  V1  1  0.271  0.154  0.303  1.0
  V  V2  1  0.771  0.303  0.154  1.0
  V  V3  1  0.229  0.697  0.846  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.575  0.697  0.154  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.425  0.303  0.846  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.075  0.154  0.697  1.0
  V  V7  1  0.925  0.846  0.303  1.0
  V  V8  1  0.750  0.500  0.500  1.0
  V  V9  1  0.250  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.166  0.500  0.167  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.834  0.500  0.833  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.334  0.833  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.666  0.167  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge14  1  0.250  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge15  1  0.750  0.000  0.000  1.0
[/CIF]
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