The crystal structure described by MgSc is beta-prime cadmium gold structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmma space group. Mg(1) is bonded to four equivalent Mg(1) and eight equivalent Sc(1) atoms to form distorted MgMg4Sc8 cuboctahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra. Sc(1) is bonded to eight equivalent Mg(1) and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms to form distorted ScMg8Sc4 cuboctahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_MgSc
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.363
_cell_length_b   5.199
_cell_length_c   5.349
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   93.510
_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
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.500  0.750  0.195  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.250  0.805  1.0
  Sc  Sc2  1  0.000  0.750  0.696  1.0
  Sc  Sc3  1  0.000  0.250  0.304  1.0
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The crystal structure described by MgSc is beta-prime cadmium gold structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmma space group. Mg(1) is bonded to four equivalent Mg(1) and eight equivalent Sc(1) atoms to form distorted MgMg4Sc8 cuboctahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra. Sc(1) is bonded to eight equivalent Mg(1) and four equivalent Sc(1) atoms to form distorted ScMg8Sc4 cuboctahedra that share corners with eight equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, corners with ten equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, faces with eight equivalent Mg(1)Mg4Sc8 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve equivalent Sc(1)Mg8Sc4 cuboctahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_MgSc
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.363
_cell_length_b   5.199
_cell_length_c   5.349
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   93.510
_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
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.500  0.750  0.195  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.250  0.805  1.0
  Sc  Sc2  1  0.000  0.750  0.696  1.0
  Sc  Sc3  1  0.000  0.250  0.304  1.0
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